Resources
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Divorce & Remarriage, What Did Jesus Say?
What constitutes marriage? What constitutes divorce? Does God condone it? What about remarriage? When relationships become tangled, we go to the Scriptures to learn what Jesus would say about the situation, and follow His Word to straighten the issues.
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Does Jesus Care?
The song writer answered this question for us: “Oh, yes, He cares! I know He cares!” But how does He show that He cares when we face difficulties, disease, disaster, death? Be comforted as you listen to this sermon, and learn to recognize ways that Jesus is showing you that He really cares.
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- Keith Gingerich
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- Pilgrim Mennonite Conference
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Drunkenness and Overeating
Would you call both of these things sin? Would you rate them equally harmful habits? Would you like to have victory over either one, or both? Would you be interested in knowing what God thinks about these things? Read on...
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Early Anabaptist Positions on Believer's Baptism and a Challenge for Today
The Anabaptists were named thusly because of their belief in adult baptism. But why did they refuse to validate or practice infant baptism, even at the risk of losing their lives? A brief look at the reasons for their position on believer's baptism and the Scriptural basis for it.
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Effective Communication in Conflict
Relationships - we all have those. Conflict - we all know about that, too. Whose fault is the conflict in this relationship? Listen to principles from the Word to apply them to conflict in your own relationships, and learn the way to peace from One who lived among men as a servant, not a king.
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Effectual Fervent Prayer
What constitutes genuine prayer? Can you tell by the length of a prayer, or the way it is worded, whether it is true prayer? And why should we tell God what we need when He already knows about it?? Prayer becomes a delight, not a duty, to a child speaking to his Father.
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Entertainment and Its Influences
How do you define entertainment? Does it carry a negative or positive connotation? How do you decide what is legitimate? innocent? permissible? What do you think our Master did when he ‘resorted to the garden’? What would he want his followers to do when they are facing burnout?
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Eternal Security
Where will we find real security for the soul? Once we have been accepted in Christ, is it possible to lose that safe position? A careful examination of Scripture that will help us understand how we get saved, and how we stay saved
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Faith in Faith?
It seems, at least in America, that it is fashionable to talk about faith, and even to praise people for their strong faith. True faith is strengthened, not by focusing on itself, but by gazing on the face of its Author and Finisher.
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Family Worship
Why is family worship necessary? Or important? Don’t our children hear enough Bible teaching at church? How can we make family devotional time relevant, and hold the interest of the varied levels of age and understanding?
- Author
- Keith Gingerich
- Publisher
- Pilgrim Mennonite Conference
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Fighting the Noonday Devil
Calling all middle-aged folk who battle acedia! Do you know the face your enemy wears? Having recognized him, do you know how to resist him? Four main areas in which all who are neither young or old must needs remain vigilant, lest they join the ranks of those who succumb to the noonday devil.
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Finding Escape from the Regions of the Dead
“If a man die, shall he live again?” Job asked this question for every living man. The answer is “Yes!” The grave is not the end, and because it is not, we need to plan for what is beyond the end of life.
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Finding God's Will for My Life
Why should I care about what God wants from my life? Why would HE care about what I do with my life? Is it going to make any difference in my life to be able to discern God's will for life's situations? Some basic principles, a few warnings, and a list of ways by which to determine God's will for me
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Finding Rest in My Church
"Oh, for some good church life!" Restlessness because we want better church life has some good aspects to it. Vision and purpose in church life are good. So where do we find the perfect church?
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Flee from Idolatry
"Flee idolatry", the Apostle Paul wrote long ago. Can we recognize what idolatry looks like today? And once we recognize what it is that is filling the place of GOD in our lives, do we know how to flee from it?
