March 30, 2021
by Curt Mire
| Tags: Abraham, promise, Genesis
What is the most important promise in the Bible? Some suggest it is Genesis 12:1-3 which states, “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you....
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February 5, 2021
by Curt Mire
| Tags: judgment, Christ, grace, law
Are you under the law or under grace? Before you answer, allow me to raise the stakes. Paul writes in Romans 6:14 “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace”. ...
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May 7, 2020
by Curt Mire
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Encouragements from Scripture | Tags: judgment, providence, faithfulness, esther
In the last few months, the Youth Group of CCK has been studying the book of Esther. This is a book that teaches us much about the character of God and the kind of love he has for His people....
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April 1, 2020
by Curt Mire
| Tags: contentment, materialism
In the time and context that we American Christians find ourselves in, contentment can be a difficult quality to cultivate. This is not due to a lack of material possessions; it is quite the opposite. ...
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February 17, 2020
by Curt Mire
| Tags: bible, reading
The Bible is a big book, written over a long period of time by many authors with various genres, settings, and contexts. For example, the Pauline epistles read very differently than the books of Moses, and both are very different from the prophetic writings we see in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the minor Prophets....
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January 29, 2020
by Curt Mire
| Tags: justification, righteousness, luther
On March 28, 1518, Martin Luther preached a sermon called Two Kinds of Righteousness. In this short sermon, Luther explains to us the distinction between Christ’s righteousness and our actual righteousness. Luther refers to the former as an alien righteousness. This is “the righteousness of another, instilled from without.”...
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November 13, 2019
by Curt Mire
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Theology
There is often a moment in the Christian life where we realize that there is a whole body of theological understanding which has escaped us. A deeper level of understanding which we have not yet explored. Sometimes when we have these revelations, we develop what I call a theological itch....
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September 30, 2019
by Curt Mire
| Tags: love, apologetic
A vital element can often be missing from our discussion of and use of apologetics. That vital element is love....
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September 18, 2019
by Curt Mire
| Tags: trust, psalms
I love the psalms for many reasons. They express the broad panorama of Christians emotions toward God....
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September 6, 2019
by Curt Mire
| Tags: church, bride
In the last few months of Youth Group, we have been doing a series on the Church....
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