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Great Awakening
1. Series: God’s Message to the Church in Sardis This is part of a series on the seven churches in Asia Minor (Revelation 2-3). This article covers the message to the church in Sardis (Rev 3:1-6). The video messages of letters to the churches in Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7), Smyrna (Rev
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Freedom: Test of True Faith
1. False Religion Enslaves There are those who love religion for selfish and self-serving reasons, for the benefits it provides to themselves (like control of people, properties, jobs, praise/respect from people, easy money, power, opportunities to exploit, abuse, cheat, etc). False religion enslaves. Galatians 2:4: “Some false believers had infiltrated
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Back to the Jesus Way
1. Why Many Genuine People Stay Out of Church One of the reasons many genuine people stay out of the church is because the “church” has become an institutionalized organized religion – an environment in which many self-serving people thrive. How did Jesus counter this phenomenon? 2. True Moral Standards
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Waiting on the Lord Patiently
1. Waiting – A Negative Connotation? An old Indian song warns us not to be fooled into waiting on the false hopes that someday, someone will come and improve their lives – the reference is to some self-serving and deceptive politicians and religious leaders who are out there just to