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How to Listen to a Sermon: Recap

In case you missed this great series by Jon Chenot (which wrapped up just a few weeks ago) here are the posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

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Britt Merrick on the Beauty of Suffering

As many of you know, six-year-old Daisy Merrick’s cancer is back. I cannot imagine what the Merrick family must be going through right now. This last Sunday, Pastor Britt Merrick preached a message on the Beauty of Suffering for the Christian. The sermon helps me understand. More importantly, it helps me understand how Christ is...

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Please Pray for Daisy Merrick

A couple months ago, we celebrated the remission of 6-year-old Daisy Merrick’s cancer. I read her dad’s twitter updates last night and received a couple of emails from our friends at Reality Carpinteria this morning, asking us to pray for Daisy. Her cancer is back. Her father, Pastor Britt Merrick of SoCal church Reality Carpinteria,...

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All I Have Is Christ

(by Chris Poblete) Lately, one of my favorite songs to worship to is Jordan Kauflin’s All I Have Is Christ (from the Looked Upon CD) Consider the lyrics: I once was lost in darkest night Yet thought I knew the way. The sin that promised joy and life Had led me to the grave. I...

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A New Look

As you can see, we’ve tidied things up a bit here at TheGospelForOC.com (added a few colors, provided fancy new functions, and moved some proverbial furniture around). (If you are a subscriber of this blog–and view posts via email or RSS feed–you will have to click on through to see it) We constructed the new...

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