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I am currently reading through Think Again by Jared Mellinger.  A review of the book will be posted tomorrow on the blog.  Here are some quotes from the first half of the book that I have enjoyed: The more we are captivated by Christ, the less we are caught up in self. Fear, false guilt, unbelief, and many other daily struggles are weeds that grow in the soil of thinking about ourselves too much, and thinking about Christ too little. Jesus rescues us from the introspection that would make us unfruitful and ineffective by fixing our eyes on him. What we learn is that the gospel rescues us from self-hatred and self-esteem by destroying the idol of self and replacing it with Christ. Satan's strategies for keeping us in sin is by leading us to dwell excessively on our sin. The devil's lie is that the more we focus on sin, the more we will be free from it. But ruminating too long upon our ruin is not a virtue. The Spirit's goal in showing us our sin is to drive us to Chr...

Here are my notes from my message today at Hesston MB.  Preaching Backwards-- Philippians 2:1-4 Introduction : What if you read the final chapter of a book instead of starting at the beginning?   Would it ruin the book or allow you to enjoy the characters & situations because you know how it ends? Or read Return of the King before reading The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings? What if you watched Return of the Jedi without watching Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back?   This morning, we are going to start in verse 4 and move backwards through the passage.   Often in sermons, we want to know what we need to “do” so this morning we will start with what we do and work our way back to verse one to see how and why. Review-Therefore -Greek work “oun” translated so (AMP, ESV, RSV) or therefore (New NIV, NKJV, NASB)-Pastor Brad preached two weeks ago about suffering of Paul & Philippians.   Stand firm together, strive together (have each other’s back-fight...