The Love of Our Neighbor

By Adam Ricks / March 17, 2016 /

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” MATTHEW 22:39 The second thing implied in our being altogether a Christian is the love of our neighbor. Our Lord said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” If any ask, “Who is my neighbor?” we reply, “Everyone in the world; every child of His who is the…

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ALTOGETHER A CHRISTIAN: THE LOVE OF GOD

By Adam Ricks / March 16, 2016 /

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart.” MATTHEW 22:37 NASB We come, second, to what is implied in being altogether a Christian. First, the love of God. So says His Word: “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with…

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THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN

By Adam Ricks / March 15, 2016 /

Holding to a form of godliness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:5 The almost Christian shuns all evil, does all possible good, observes the means of grace, and possesses sincerity of heart—a real design to serve God, a hearty desire to do His will—a sincere view of pleasing God in conversation, in all that is done or left…

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NOT YET A CHRISTIAN

By Adam Ricks / March 11, 2016 /

“You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” ACTS 26:28 NKJV Ever since the rise of Christianity, many in every age and nation have stood with King Agrippa in his words to the apostle Paul: Almost persuaded to be a Christian. However, since it avails nothing with God to go only thus far, it is…

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WE BUILD BY FAITH

By Adam Ricks / March 9, 2016 /

It is with your heart that you believe and are justified. ROMANS 10:10 NIV Friend, come up higher! Do not be content with good works: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the fatherless and widowed in their affliction, or the sick and those in prison, and the stranger. Do you preach the truth of…

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WHAT IS YOUR FOUNDATION?

By Adam Ricks / March 8, 2016 /

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5 NIV It closely concerns every one of us to apply personally and practically our Lord’s teachings about building upon a sure foundation. We each need to diligently examine what foundation we have built upon, whether on a rock or on…

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Keep Christianity Weird March 6th

By Adam Ricks / March 7, 2016 /

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THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK STANDS FIRM

By Adam Ricks / March 7, 2016 /

“And the rain…the floods…the winds…slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.” MATTHEW 7:25 Let not even the one who builds on the everlasting Rock of Ages think that there will be no more warfare. He or she is not out of the reach of…

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THE SURE FOUNDATION

By Adam Ricks / March 5, 2016 /

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. HEBREWS 13:8 The Lord Jesus Christ is fitly called the everlasting Rock of Ages for He changes not. To Him, both the men of God of old and the apostle citing His words bear witness: “ ‘You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of…

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BUILDING UPON THE ROCK

By Adam Ricks / March 4, 2016 /

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” MATTHEW 7:24 Examine the wisdom of those who do the sayings of our Lord, those who build upon a rock. They are indeed wise, who do “the will of My Father…

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