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“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” 2 Tim. 3:12 (ESV) “If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.” 1 Pet. 4:14  (ESV) The persecution of believers has been in the national news recently. Very often such accounts…

o you pray before meals? If so, why? The following article provides much food for thought–sorry for the pun! It is written by Donald Whitney, author of Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life (an outstanding book we have used in our Bible Institute at SGCC). Here’s the article: “No, I Won’t Bless the Food.” –Pastor Greg

“Behold here what the Gospel is, namely, a joyful sermon concerning Christ, our Saviour. Whoever preaches him rightly, preaches the Gospel of pure joy. How is it possible for man to hear of greater joy than that Christ has given to him as his own? He does not only say Christ is born, but he makes his birth our own by saying, to you a Saviour. Therefore, the Gospel does…

For nearly 350 years, believers have been encouraged to do battle against sin as they have read John Owen’s Christian classic, The Mortification of Sin. Thanks to encouragement from Tim Challies’ influential blog (www.challies.com), that audience was expanded the last few months. Tim invited people to read a given chapter each week, and then the following Thursday would…

This is how the Apostle John closes his first letter (1 John 5:21). At first read, I would imagine most of us think of this as a command that has little to do with us. We reason that this must be some culturally loaded comment that is distant from us and the world we live in. But John’s words are…

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those…