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Fundamentals of Leadership

Posted on October 15th, 2011 by Pastor Craig Houston

The Fundamentals of Leadership - Courage, Intelligence, Perseverance, and Responsibility.

Excerpt from Robert E. Lee on Leadership

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Wisdom Wanted – Wisdom Found

Posted on October 8th, 2011 by Pastor Craig Houston

As Christians, it is vital that we spend fruitful time in the reading and study of the Word of God.  Many will read through the Bible in a year, which is a wonderful practice, and I highly encourage.  I also encourage variety in your pattern of studying the Word, as it is easy to start taking for granted that the point isn’t to read 3 or 4 chapters a day to complete your Bible reading goal.  The real need is to get to know the author of Scripture: “The Word – Jesus Christ ” (John 1:1&14).

We should also desire to read the Word to find wisdom for everyday life, or as I like to say- we need Bible direction for life.  This is not the primary purpose for spending time in the Bible, but it is absolutely essential. Unfortunately, many people, Christians included, feel that the Bible is a good religious book that has lofty thoughts about God, but does not have a lot of practical application for life in the 21st Century.  They couldn’t be more wrong.

I have recently revived an old practice in my Scripture reading routine and have once again found it to be most helpful in everyday life. The practice is simple, daily I read one chapter in the Book of Proverbs that corresponds with the day of the month. 31 days – 31 chapters.

If you need proof that the Scripture is helpful in giving daily wisdom or even if you don’t, I challenge you to take up reading form the Book of Proverbs everyday.

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Thieves….

Posted on October 8th, 2011 by Pastor Craig Houston

“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.” G.K.Chesterton

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What is the Gospel?

Posted on October 5th, 2011 by Pastor Craig Houston

The Gospel is the joyous declaration that God is redeeming the world through Christ (Matt 1:21; Luke 1:68; Eph 1:7; Col 1:20), and that He calls everyone everywhere to repent from sin and trust Jesus Christ for salvation (Mark 1:15; Acts 2:38; 17:30).

Each of us has sinned against God (Rom 3:23), breaking his law and rebelling against his rule, and the penalty for our sin is death and hell (Rom 6:23). But because He loves us, God sent his Son Jesus (John 3:16; Eph 2:4; 1 John 4:10) to live for his people’s sake the perfect, obedient life God requires (Rom 8:4; 1 Cor 1:30; Heb 4:15) and to die in their place for their sin (Isa 53:5; Mat 20:28; 26:28; Mark 10:45; 14:24; Luke 22:20; John 11:50-51; Rom 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Cor 15:3; 2 Cor 5:21; Eph 5:2; Heb 10:14; 1 Pet 3:18). On the third day, He rose bodily from the grave (Mat 28:6) and now reigns in heaven (Luke 22:69; 24:51; Heb 8:1), offering forgiveness (Eph 1:7), righteousness (Rom 5:19), resurrection (Rom 8:11), and eternal blessedness in God’s presence (Rev 22:4) to everyone who repents of sin and trusts solely in Him for salvation.

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Labor Together

Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Pastor Craig Houston

“You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring in his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him” C.S. Lewis

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