Tag Archives: Sanctification / New Life in Christ

Just as you received Christ, so walk in Him

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Jeff Block

To the Christian, specifically my fellow seminary students… A sermon manuscript on Colossians 2:6-7, prepared for my homiletics class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Introduction Close your eyes. Think back to the first memory you have of knowing Christ. Can … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Certainty

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jeff Block

Can we be certain about the purpose of our lives? What has God put us here to do? When I think about these questions, I have moments of crystal clarity. Sometimes, I feel like “the arrow that springs from the bow” — … Continue reading →

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The Bottleneck of Little Faith

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Jeff Block

It’s my second semester in seminary (at TEDS), and I’m taking a very interesting class designed to prepare us to preach God’s Word. It’s both a methodology and a theology class, so it focuses both on skills / technique and … Continue reading →

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If I do not wash you, you have no share with me

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Jeff Block

In the Bible, chapters 13-17 of the Gospel of John are entitled by scholars as “the upper room discourse”. The scene is Jesus’ last supper with the 12 disciples – His closest friends. This meal takes place the day before … Continue reading →

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The Pool of Bethesda

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Jeff Block

Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number … Continue reading →

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