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The Christian Life Is Joy

March 23, 2012 by Phil Auxier

See this video with The Doctor narrating:

Filed Under: joy, Lloyd Jones, video

Weekend Recap – Lessons in Suffering

February 28, 2012 by Phil Auxier

My sermon from 2/26/12 entitled Lessons in Suffering from Hebrews 10:32-35 is now online.  The sermon sought to unpack the reality of the situation these early believers faced and then help give us encouragement for the sufferings we might face.  Put simply, because of the realities that are ours in the Gospel, we can endure suffering with joy and confidence.

In the evening, my small group studied “Sins of the Tongue” in Bridges’ Respectable Sins.  We had good discussion and were helped by the standard for speech found in Ephesians 4:29.  Again, we are driven to the Gospel for help.

Hope you had a great Sunday.

Filed Under: Gospel, joy, Suffering

What Drove Those People?

February 22, 2012 by Phil Auxier

In Hebrews 10:32-35, we read of a people who endured suffering “sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.”  These people “joyfully accepted the plundering of their property” since they knew that they themselves “had a better possession and an abiding one.”  That was their secret.  Or, as F.F. Bruce put it on p.271 of his commentary on Hebrews:  

“The eternal inheritance laid up for them was so real in their eyes that they could lightheartedly bid farewell to natural possessions, which were short-lived in any case.”  

Today, we live in a day and age in which even Christianity is sometimes overly caught up in property and possessions.  Maybe this is true because we are much more wrapped up in the stuff of here and now and not in believing that we have a better possession that will abide forever.  This Sunday, join us as we look at this amazing passage and what drove these people to endure such suffering.  

Filed Under: Hebrews, joy, Weekend Preview

Weekend Recap – Joy

December 13, 2010 by Phil Auxier

This weekend’s sermon from Sunday AM is now online. It is entitled Joy from Luke 2:8-12. The sermon sought to reason how the Gospel is good news of great joy.

After the AM service, we had our Annual Member’s meeting, affirming one lay elder and 4 men as deacons. We also approved the 2011 Budget.

In the PM, the joy continued as Ben Cornish shared with us of the Gospel’s advance in Australia. We are rejoicing in his partnership with us in the Gospel. Awesome day.

Filed Under: advent, joy, Weekend Recap

From One Degree To Another?

Yeah, that's right. My one, consuming passion is Jesus Christ, my Lord. I'm totally gripped by one message: the Gospel - the good news that God came after me when I was far from Him. So, the life I live, I live by faith in Him: He loved me and gave Himself for me.

From One Degree To Another is the change that He's accomplishing in me by grace. Growing downward in humility, upward into Him, outward toward others, and inward with renewal characterize my existence.

This site is where I flesh all of these types of things out, including my life as a slave to Jesus, husband, father, coffee-enjoyer, and pastor. I hope it encourages you.

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