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Eight Ways God Overrules Temptation For Our Good

March 2, 2018Mike Leake

If you were on a diet and I knew you were susceptible to eating chocolate cake I would do everything in my power to keep chocolate cake out of your sight, right? Why would I allow you to face temptation?… Continue Reading →

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Puritans, temptation, Thomas Watson

God Working All Things For Good Doesn’t Mean He Closes a Door to Open Another

February 2, 2018Mike Leake

Life has just dealt you a heavy blow. Your heart is sick because something you’d dreamed about and prayed about has been dashed against the rocks. You confide in a friend and get this advice… “It’s okay, I’m sure God… Continue Reading →

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affliction, prosperity gospel, Puritans, suffering, Thomas Watson

Eight Dangers of Pursuing Applause

November 17, 2017Mike Leake 2 Comments

In his Counsel to Gospel Ministers, John Brown lists the rancid fruit of “indulging in ambitious inclinations” which leads us to “hunt after vainglory and applause from men”: It will dispose you to trample the commands of God under foot… Continue Reading →

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When Simple Gospel Preaching Doesn’t Seem to Cut It

November 3, 2017Mike Leake 2 Comments

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 2 Timothy 4:3 I’ll admit that in my darker moments and dumber times… Continue Reading →

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