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What Do We Mean By "Gospel Care"? (Part 2)
posted on May 22nd, 2013 by Pastor Dave DeHaan
Last week’s article was a reminder that when we use the term “gospel care” at New Covenant, we are talking about specific one-to-another actions and activities that ought to be present in our life together as a result of the gospel’s transforming work in each of our lives. Gospel care includes all the ways that we minister God’s grace personally and relationally with the goal promoting spiritual growth (sanctification) in life of a fellow disciple of Jesus.
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What Do We Mean By "Gospel Care"? (Part 1)
posted on May 15th, 2013 by Pastor Dave DeHaan
What exactly is “gospel care”? Perhaps you have asked yourself that question as this term has been increasingly heard at New Covenant in recent weeks.
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What Augustine Read On His Death-Bed
posted on May 8th, 2013 by Pastor David Sunday
Recently I finished a book by Robert Louis Wilken on the first millennium of Christian history, called "The First Thousand Years". I realized how little I know about many centuries of the history of Christ's church. There are hundreds of years in which God has been at work, preserving, protecting, and promoting his gospel through his church around the world.
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Remembrance
posted on May 1st, 2013 by Ross Stern
I’m unapologetically sentimental. Some people (my poor wife being an example) would argue that there is a fine line between being sentimental and being a hoarder, but memories are important to me.
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Jesus, Man of Prayer
posted on April 24th, 2013 by Pastor David Sunday
“Whatever it takes, Lord, make me a man of prayer.” Have you ever asked the Lord to do that in your life? As the perfect Man of Prayer, we can lean on Jesus to atone for our sins of prayerlessness; but we should also look to Jesus to produce in us a life of prayerfulness.
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English Evangelism in Poltava
posted on April 17th, 2013 by Steve & Darcy Palmer
What type of event would it take to get dozens of our un-churched friends and neighbors to come regularly to meetings at New Covenant Bible Church? That's a problem we struggle with - how to get the attention of American suburbanites in order to share the message of Jesus Christ.
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A Day In Jail
posted on April 10th, 2013 by Pastor David Sunday
It was our joy to accompany our local missionary, Chaplain Tom Beatty, as he carried out a normal day of ministry at the Kendall County Correctional Facility in Yorkville. We thought of this as a day-long mission trip into a field that is “white unto harvest” but often overlooked, right in our own backyard.
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The Legacy Of God's Triumphant Grace
posted on April 3rd, 2013 by Jim Gordon
There’s something you need to know right at the start: I love history! My love affair with history began in Wheaton Graduate School when I took a course in Historical Theology taught by Dr. Robert Webber. I have been feeding my appetite for history ever since.
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Ephesians: The Glory of Christ in the Life of the Church
posted on March 27th, 2013 by Pastor Dave DeHaan
Would you use words like “glorious,” “cosmic,” or “multifaceted-wisdom” to describe church-world at New Covenant? Does it seem to you that serving in the nursery, praying with your CareGroup, or greeting a visitor to Sunday morning worship play a role in God’s grand, unfolding plan to redeem the cosmos through Jesus Christ? I doubt that any of us would immediately answer yes.
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Why Does Jesus Weep? A Meditation for Palm Sunday
posted on March 20th, 2013 by Pastor David Sunday
When Jesus entered into Jerusalem on the original Palm Sunday, his eyes were moist with tears. We often call it the Triumphal Entry, but it could just as aptly be named the Tearful Entry.
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