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When we as God’s people gather together, we should purposefully expect unbelievers to gather with us. We should expect God to work in and through us by way of the Spiritual gifts He as gifted us with to see unbelievers come to an understanding of God so that they can be convicted and convinced to […] The post Secrets of the Heart, Part 2 | 1 Corinthians 14:20-25 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

God’s Word teaches us that we as Christians are to mature critically thinking adults, however, when it comes to the wickedness of this world we are to be as innocent as young children.  The post Secrets of the Heart, Part 1 | 1 Corinthians 14:20-25 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

Today in God’s Word we learn about how praying and singing in the gathering of God’s people is intended to build up one another as God’s people. The post Speaking with Understanding, Part 2 | 1 Corinthians 14:13-19 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

In this passage Pastor Vance helps us see how Scripture teaches us that as we walk in the Spirit and use our spiritual giftings we must remain mindful producing fruit by building up other believers within the Body of Christ. The post Speaking with Understanding, Part 1 | 1 Corinthians 14:13-19 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We learn from God’s Word in 1 Corinthians that God has given us spiritual gifts for the purpose of building up one another as His people! The post Building Up, Part 2 | 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We begin to look at how our love for one another as brothers and sisters in Christ is lived out when we use our spiritual gifts to build up, encourage, and comfort one another as the Body of Christ.  The post Building Up, Part 1 | 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We see in our passage today how Paul is pointing out the fundamentals of our spiritual walk with Christ. We must take hold of the fundamentals of faith, hope, and love because they are fundamental and they are eternal.  The post Abiding Love | 1 Corinthians 13:13 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We learn from our passage today how we are to be using the temporary things of this world including the temporary spiritual realities that God has blessed us with to strive after the eternal pursuits of God’s glory and loving His people well.  The post Coming to an End | 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

As we look at 1 Corinthians 13:8 today we ask ourselves, “Are we loving other believers with the same never-stopping, never-giving-up type of love God has loved us with? The post No Fail Love | 1 Corinthians 13:8 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

in looking at our text today, Pastor Vance, points to how scripture teaches us that to love others well means we must also find joy in God’s truth. Neglecting God’s truth leads us to not love others well.  The post Love Truth | 1 Corinthians 13:6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We understand from our passage today that Biblical, Godly love does not rejoice in injustice happening to others  or justice being denied others. The post Eight Don’ts of Love, part 8 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

As we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior Jesus. we remember that Jesus has secured for us through His resurrection a Lively Hope! The post A Lively Hope | 1 Peter 1:3 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We often keep a record of how we have been wronged by others. We learn from God’s Word today that to love the way God has loved us we must learn not to keep a record of wrongs we have suffered from others. The post Eight Don’ts of Love, part 7 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

The things that Biblical love should not do are the same things that we as Christians should not do. We learn from God’s Word today that we as loving Christians should not be easily provoked! The post Eight Don’ts of Love, part 6 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

As we examine God’s Word this morning, we see that as loving Christians we are not to seek after our own interests first but rather we are to seek after the interests of God and His people first.   The post Eight Don’ts of Love, part 5 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

Turning to understand the fourth don’t of love, we come to realize that as Christians if we are going to love we then are not to behave in a way that is unbecoming of a Christian. In other words, if  we are acting in a loving way we will not behave shamefully or disgracefully! The post Eight Don’ts of Love, part 4 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

As we walk through the things that Biblical love does not do we come to understand that love is not arrogant. This understanding leads us to reflect on the truth that we as Christians are not to think too highly of ourselves. The post Eight Don’ts of Love, Part 3 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We reexamine how loving Christians are not to be jealous of one another or desire what others have. We also turn to understand that to love means that we are not to magnify ourselves but rather we are to magnify God and what God is doing in and through others! The post Eight Don’ts of Love, Part 2 (Reexamine 1) | 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

The Rodgers Family gives us update on what God is doing in and through their ministry in South Korea as they visit with us during their furlough. The post Update from The Rodgers in Asia appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.

We are encouraged from God’s Word this morning to know the one true God who is the God who does faithful love, who judges justly, and who does what is right. The post Knowing God | Jeremiah 9:23-24 appeared first on Ralph Avenue Baptist Church.