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Don’t You Know?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Don Merritt

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?  If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Paul … Continue reading →

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Planting, Watering and Growing

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Don Merritt

1 Corinthians 3:1-16 As Chapter 3 begins, we need to pause and check our contexts. Paul is writing to the Corinthians to address several serious problems in the church in Corinth as they existed c. 55 AD. In this, the … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of God Revealed – 2

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Don Merritt

For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of God Revealed

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Don Merritt

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined … Continue reading →

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Apostolic Humility

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Don Merritt

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with … Continue reading →

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A Look in the Mirror

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Don Merritt

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the … Continue reading →

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Will the Real Fool Please Stand Up

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Don Merritt

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: March 4, 2018

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Don Merritt

Title: Basics of New Testament Worship (1) Text: John 4:21-24 Recently I became aware of some confusion regarding worship and since I had a two week hole in my preaching plan, I thought it might be a good idea to … Continue reading →

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Christ is the Wisdom and Power of God

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Don Merritt

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I … Continue reading →

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Disunity and Fragmentation

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Don Merritt

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind … Continue reading →

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