Larry Kirkpatrick

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Jesus, Sheep, Goats

2017-12-16

Sometimes people claim others are judgmental, but they're not judgmental. Sometimes people claim others are judgmental, and they are. How can we tell the right and wrong exercise of judgment? How do we correctly identify illegitimate judging by others, or, the legitimate use of judgment?

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Day for the End of Days

2017-12-02

Our heavenly Father never sleeps. Jesus sees ahead. The Holy Spirit stands beside you with you in this place in your life right now. Nothing sneaks up on God. You experience surprise, I do; God sees it before. Nothing in this week's news surprised Him; nothing tomorrow.

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Leper Number 10

2017-11-04

Let us join together in opening the Word of God to Luke 17:11-21. I will read.

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Paul & James: A Contradiction? Case Study: Faith and Works

2017-10-28

  • Introduction
    • James on Faith and Works
    • Paul on Faith and Works
      • Steps in Paul's Romans Salvation Argument
      • Summary of the Argument in Romans Four
      • Count Reckon Impute, Credit, Compute
      • Galatians 5:6
  • Conclusion

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Paul & James: a Contradiction? Case Study: Sin and Righteousness

2017-10-26

  • Introduction
  • Author, Date, Purpose
  • Sin and Righteousness
    • Sin
      • James on Sin
      • Paul on Sin
    • Righteousness
      • James on Righteousness
      • Paul on Righteousness
  • Conclusion

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Report on Annual Council 2017

2017-10-14

  1. Introduction
  2. What is AC?
  3. Who goes to AC?
  4. What happens at AC?
  5. The Present Issue of Disobedience
  6. The Proposed Action
  7. October 9 Business Session
  8. Outcome
  9. What Next?

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Commitment in an Age of Noncommitment

2017-09-30

Everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven (Matthew 10:32-33).

God is blessing His Church with new members today. The baptism toward the end of this service will be a public witness to heart commitment. The watery grave will open, down into it the person will go, then out of the grave she will come as in resurrection to life. Faith in Christ is expressed in action. Christ will be confessed.

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