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Joe Dallas May 16, 2012

Eternally Secure, Perpetually Striving

Every Wednesday we’ll post something having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Eternally Secure, Perpetually Striving One of Christianity’s longest running arguments has to do with the believer’s security. If one has been born again, can he ever lose his salvation? If so, how? And, once lost, can it ever be retrieved? I’m not entirely settled on the issue myself. Some of my favorite scriptures (and indeed, ones I draw no small comfort from) bolster the “once saved, always saved” position. “No man is Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas May 9, 2012

Bad Form

Every Wednesday we’ll post something having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Bad Form “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof; from such turn away.” - II Timothy 3:5 My wife and I have followed the NBC series Smash since its first episode, generally enjoying it; sometimes hitting the pause button when the occasional tryst or needlessly suggestive moment is featured. It centers on the evolution of a Broadway musical based on Marilyn Monroe’s final years, and provides a dynamite cast, Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas May 2, 2012

Kept

Every Wednesday we’ll post something having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. --- Kept “You who are kept by the power of God --- “ -I Peter 1:5 I was baptized 40 years ago this month, then served God fervently for 7 years, spent the next 6 backslidden, then came home to my Father’s house in 1984 where I’ve happily resided since. 40 years, 34 of them lived in consistency. That’s not what I call impressive, especially by normal standards. But for me, even 2 years of going in the same direction is miraculous. Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas April 25, 2012

Home Sweet Battlefield

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Home Sweet Battlefield I’m reminded daily that although God created the World, this World is not the way He created it. It became something else. When Adam sinned, everything in the environment – man, woman, the earth itself and the spiritual realm – changed. Read Genesis 3 in its entirety and you see the devastation of Paradise Lost, and the new form the world would take. An ongoing battle would ensue between Satan and Eve’s Seed, Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas April 18, 2012

Brazenly Yours

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Brazenly Yours Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. - Hebrews 4:16 Three times I’ve been appointed Power of Attorney by someone wanting me to manage their business in light of serious illness, and each time the person in question was much wealthier than me. That meant I had discretion to write checks, make sales, and transfer money that I had not earned, Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas April 11, 2012

A Confident Heart

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — A Confident Heart For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. (I John 3:20-21) Well, how can my heart not condemn me? Searching it is unpleasant at best; mortifying when I really get into it, which I try not to. Not because I’m against self-examination, something I think we could all use a little more of, but because any Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas April 4, 2012

Debriefing Canaan

Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872) from the "GroÃe Haus-Bilder-Bibel (Large House Pictures Bible)" by Dr. Martin Luther. Published by J. Ebner, Ulm (1877)

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Debriefing Canaan And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel -Numbers 13: 30-33 They were sent in to spy out the land God had promised, Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas March 28, 2012

Abiding

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. --- Abiding When someone knows they’re dying soon, you listen carefully to what they say. What’s on their mind is what matters most, and they’re sure to talk about things that are meaningful. So it was when Jesus convened His last supper with the disciples. He knew His earthly ministry was ending, so He took advantage of His last meal with the Twelve to talk about what mattered most to Him. And one thing that clearly mattered was Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas March 21, 2012

A Powerful Wimp

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — A Powerful Wimp When I used to pump iron like a maniac, my bench press, leg squat and shoulder press stats were impressive. I could, if I was being a real jerk, openly brag about how much weight I could toss around, which is an irritating habit some guys have and their social life rightfully suffers as a result. Still, when I’d wear tight t-shirts that may as well have been signs saying “Please Look Here”, people would ask, and I’d Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas March 14, 2012

Sick of It All

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Sick of it All “And the land had rest from war.” - Joshua 11:23 Joshua is a book about conflict, an exciting and sobering look at Israel’s possession of Canaan and the variety of battles involved in that conquest. I’m especially taken with its examples of warfare principles, principles I can apply while fighting my own battles and hopefully moving on, taking ground, conquering. If you haven’t yet gone through the book, let me strongly Continue Reading

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Eternally Secure, Perpetually Striving

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Abiding

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