Sunday Meditation, May 24
I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish things that people often say about Him: “I am ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher.
— C. S. Lewis
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Sunday Meditation, May 17
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
— John 5:22, 23
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Outdoor and Drive-In Service: How to arrive? and Where to Park?
Get Behind the Church . . .
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Sunday Meditation, May 10
Jesus challenged the [paralyzed] man to get right with God lest he face divine judgment for sin, which is far worse than simple illness.... He had shown a glimmer of faith when he responded to Jesus’ command by getting up and carrying his mat. Now he had to make the second step and turn from sin to God. He had to choose between life and judgment. There was no middle ground....We must all make the same choice as this man, and that choice will determine whether we receive eternal life or face eternal death.
—Grant Obsorne
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Sunday Meditation, May 3
The new life in Christ, just like all natural life, must be nourished and strengthened. This is possible only in communion with Christ in the Holy Spirit and through the word of Scripture. Enlightened by the Spirit, believers gain a new knowledge of faith. The gospel is the food of faith and must be known to be nourishment. Salvation that is not known and enjoyed is no salvation. God saves by causing himself to be known and enjoyed in Christ.
—Herman Bavinck
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Sunday Meditation, April 26
‘Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did.’ She had left her home for the express purpose of drawing water. She had carried a large vessel to the well, intending to bring it back filled. But she found at the well a new heart, and new object of interest. She became a new creature. Old things passed away. All things became new. At once everything else was forgotten for the time. She could think of nothing but the truths she had heard, and the Savior she had found. In the fullness of her heart she “left her water-pot,” and hastened away to tell others.
— J. C. Ryle
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Update on Place
Mike Gray's video update regarding our buildings and “place” in the Mauldin community.
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Sunday Meditation, April 19
The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.
— John Piper
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Sunday Meditation, April 12: Easter
The most important thing in the world is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Jesus is alive, then there is hope for the world. If He is still in the grave, then there isn't the slightest glimmer of hope on the horizon. Outside of the resurrection of Jesus, I do not know of any other hope for this world.
— German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
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