Monthly Archives: April 2010

No Need to Excuse or Hide Our Past

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Eric Smith

After this He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed Him. Luke 5:27-32 According to the spirit in which … Continue reading →

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Praying for Conversions at the Prayer Meeting

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Eric Smith

I think I have told you of the old story of the preacher who had been very successful in his preaching, but a message came from heaven to him that it would not have been so if it had not … Continue reading →

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The Why and How of Reading

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Eric Smith

One of the most helpful resources I have come across in studying the Bible and preparing sermons is a 56-minute I listened to for the first time in college by Peter Leithart, called “The Why and How of Reading.” This is … Continue reading →

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Go and Be Reconciled

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Eric Smith

The sermon Christians in Conflict: Go and Be Reconciled was preached Sunday morning, April 25, at Curve Baptist Church. You can listen to the audio below:

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Celebrating Earth Day to the Glory of God

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Eric Smith

These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away … Continue reading →

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Loving the Land

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Eric Smith

“I think with you that the life of a Husbandman (farmer) of all others is the most delectable . . . To see plants rise from the earth and flourish by superior skill, and bounty of the laborer fills a … Continue reading →

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Prayer Meetings and Prayers for Individuals

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Eric Smith

“Still staying in the Book of Acts, in the twelfth chapter you find the prayer-meeting was a means of individual deliverance. You know the story well. Peter was in prison, and Herod promised himself the great pleasure of putting him … Continue reading →

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The Unity of Prayer and Work

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Eric Smith

In this passage from Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, he wants to get across that our daily jobs, which can often seem disconnected from our devotional life with God, are actually designed by God to be an act of service or worship … Continue reading →

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Let Love Cover a Multitude of Sins

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Eric Smith

And above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 That’s a stirring word of counsel for dealing with one another’s sin when you consider who it is coming from. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Delighting in the Lord’s Day

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Eric Smith

We’ve been working through our Confession of Faith on Sunday nights, an abbreviated version of the New Hampshire Confession, one article at a time. This Sunday night we come to article 14, on “The Christian Sabbath.” How should New Testament … Continue reading →

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