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I Have My Doubts: How God Can Use Your Uncertainty to Reawaken Your Faith

TAKE UP AND READ: Our recommended book for the month of September is a good read on something every Christian struggles with at times in their walk with the Lord – doubt. Philip Ryken has written a very helpful book titled “I Have My Doubts: How God can use Your Uncertainty to reawaken your faith.”…

Joy in Dark Places

TAKE UP AND READ.  Our church family’s book for the month recommendation for August 2024 is titled Joy in Dark Places by Thomas Parr, published by Reformation Heritage Books, paperback, 167 pages.  This is an excellent book helping us understand and apply the joy of the Lord in a fallen world. Parr introduces his book with these…

Spiritual Exercise

HEBREWS 5:14 – But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SPIRITUAL EXERCISE. We hear a lot about its value and necessity, but knowing of its value and necessity does not make it a regular activity in our lives. Knowing about…

Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure

TAKE UP AND READ: Our recommended book for the month of July is a Christian classic titled SPIRITUAL DEPRESSION: ITS CAUSES AND CURE by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. This is one of those Christian classics every believer should read and re-read. The “Doctor”, as he was known, preached a series of 21 sermons in 1954 on…