“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV)

Jonathan Franzone

When Faith Runs Deeper: The Church as Our True Family

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In 2019, I led my family to leave our church of 14 years – a church in which I had served as the worship leader for 13 years. I wrote about the experience and the rending experience. Concerning our relationship with our blood relatives and church family, I wrote:

They say that blood is thicker than water, meaning that the bonds of blood relatives (family) is stronger than the bonds of friendship or love. If that is true I would assert that the spirit is thicker than blood. When we are born again Christians we share a bond with other Christians via the Spirit of God that indwells us all. This means that we share more deep true truths in common with our church family than possibly with our blood family.

This past Lord’s Day, we had several church families over to share a meal. I was conversing with a dear brother who expressed this very sentiment. He said the things we have in common with our church family are things he is more interested in talking about, so he’d rather be around church family than extended family.

Amen!

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Feminism is Poison

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President Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated over the weekend. This historic event produced a cacophony of buzz on the internet across various social media platforms. Much of the buzz surrounded the issue of women in positions of battle/warfare/protection. Two women were on the Secret Service detail surrounding President Trump. Matt Walsh made the following …

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The Wilderness, The Serpent, and Our Savior: A Lenten Journey

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Sermon Text: Numbers 21:4-9 As we gather this evening, amid the reflective season of Lent, our attention is drawn to a remarkable narrative found in the book of Numbers—a narrative that recounts the final chapters of the Israelites’ 40-year sojourn in the wilderness. Here, in Numbers 21, we see a people who have witnessed God’s …

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Lead On, O King Eternal

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Lead On, O King Eternal Hymn written by Ernest W. Shurtleff in 1887. Lead on, O King eternal,the day of march has come;henceforth in fields of conquestyour tents will be our home.Through days of preparationyour grace has made us strong;and now, O King eternal,we lift our battle song. Lead on, O King eternal,till sin’s fierce …

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Should Women Preach? The Role of Women in Church Leadership

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The question surrounding the role of women in positions of preaching and pastoral oversight isn’t new, but it remains one of the most ardently debated in the annals of Christian thought. This issue was in the spotlight during the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention as Rick Warren tried to defend the practice of ordaining women as …

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A Battle Cry for Pride Month

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Here we are again in June, and we are not surprised that Satan and his minions have PRIDEfully come out to play. PRIDE culture (i.e., the Alphabet Soup Cult) is pro-death to the core. Just like Satan, who comes “only to steal and kill and destroy (John 10:10).”

Some of you Bereans may object that I have taken that verse out of context, and you would be correct. That is the story Jesus tells of the Good Shepherd and the bad shepherds who are thieves and liars. Sound familiar? Yes, Satan is a thief and a liar, and he also tries to sneak in, not by the gate, but by a mischievous route to harm the sheep.

This brings us to the abhorrent LEFT (yes, the LEFT, including the entire Democrat Party). They are not content with destroying themselves in privacy. They must “come out” into the open and force you to celebrate their depravity and wicked behavior. AND they absolutely are AFTER YOUR CHILDREN. Everyone in the DNC may not indulge in this lifestyle, but rest assured they are all too eager to use this evil against you… against traditional family values, against everything good and wholesome, and against Christ and His Church.

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