Message Archive

Mike Thorburn

24
Jun

This I Believe: I Have a Need

“Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God: he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the unrepentant and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.”

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27
May

This I Believe: God Wrote a Book

“The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.

2 Peter 1:20–212 Timothy 3:15–16

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20
May

This I Believe: You’re Not Alone

“The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach, empower the believer, and convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.”

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13
May

This I Believe: We Have a Mighty Savior

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit

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22
Apr

This I Believe: There is a God

This I Believe: There is a God

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” (more…)

15
Apr

A Biblical Cycle for True Change – part 2

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

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08
Apr

A Biblical Cycle for True Change

Proverbs 3:5–6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

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01
Apr

Jesus: From Up to Down

Romans 10:9-10

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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25
Mar

Jesus: From Start to “It is Finished”

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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11
Mar

Listening to God’s Spirit

Psalm 42:1–2

1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

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