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#WCSK Episode Zero: What is the big story of the Bible?
What Christians Should Know (#WCSK): Volume Zero takes a step back and investigates basic ideas about God, the Bible, and the Christian faith. This series provides crucial answers to critical questions about belief. The Bible is a love story about a devoted God chasing after His creations. If that surprises you, then you have…
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#WCSK Episode 2.8: Evangelism & Discipleship
Introduction What is evangelism? Evangelism means proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel refers to the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, including all the things Jesus taught us during His earthly ministry. Evangelism does not proclaim ethical living, politics, or neighborliness. Evangelism exclusively declares a unique message that instructs and teaches others about…
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#WCSK Episode 2.7b: Repentance
What repentance looks like: Psalm 51 One of the best places to look to understand what repentance looks like is to analyze Psalm 51, where King David, a man after God’s own heart,[1] repents concerning his adultery with Bathsheba. Repentance relies on God’s mercy. The first thing David writes is, “Be gracious to me, O God,…
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#WCSK Episode 2.7a: Repentance
Repentance refers to a spiritual turning away from sin. Repentance means much, much more than saying, “I’m sorry,” and to genuinely repent, you have to understand what the concept really means and have the motivation to change. Introduction In Mark 1:14–15, Jesus proclaims to all those who are present, “The time is fulfilled, and the…
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#WCSK Episode 2.6b: Predestination, Election, Guilt, Sin and Reprobation
Picking up from last week … What predestination does Predestination gives us comfort. God’s predestination of all things, and specifically His election of those to be saved, is a comfort to believers. Again, Romans 8:29-30 says: “For those whom [God] foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that…