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Joe Durso
Dec 30, 20172 min read
ANNIVERSARY’S LESSON
This week my wife and I are married forty-three years. Many are the lessons that are learned when two people are married that length of...
Joe Durso
May 29, 20163 min read
SUMMING UP THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
If you could sum up what it means to be a Christian could you do it in a few words? For some Christianity is an add on to their busy,...
Joe Durso
May 22, 20104 min read
CALLED FOR A PURPOSE III
There are three main elements to chapter 3 and verse 9 of Peter’s first letter, 1) calling, 2) purpose of calling, and 3) blessing. The...
Joe Durso
May 8, 20104 min read
CALLED FOR A PURPOSE II
“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps” 1...
Joe Durso
May 1, 20103 min read
Called for a Purpose I
Proclaiming the Excellencies of Christ One of the central themes in the letter of Peter is Christian calling, but what is calling? All...
Joe Durso
Apr 26, 20102 min read
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES V
“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution…” 1Peter 2:13 The fifth reason the Apostle Peter gives to submit to...
Joe Durso
Apr 21, 20102 min read
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES IV
“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution…” 1Peter 2:13 The third reason the Apostle Peter gives for Christians...
Joe Durso
Apr 17, 20102 min read
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES III
Suffering for the Lord’s Sake “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution…” 1Peter 2:13 Our Lord Jesus Christ is...
Joe Durso
Apr 8, 20103 min read
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES II
“You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable...
Joe Durso
Apr 5, 20102 min read
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES I
“As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him- you also, like living stones, are being...
Joe Durso
Mar 24, 20103 min read
FOCUSED ON ETERNITY VI
Eternal Security: by a Fallen Disciple Who better to write about eternal security than a fallen disciple? After setting forth a string of...
Joe Durso
Mar 20, 20102 min read
FOCUSED ON ETERNITY V
The Enduring Word of Truth Peter points out the multiple reasons for the security of true believers in his first letter, which includes...
Joe Durso
Mar 16, 20102 min read
FOCUSED ON ETERNITY IV
The Blood of Christ Assurance of salvation is a main reason why Peter wrote to his fellow brothers who were suffering persecution as...
Joe Durso
Mar 6, 20102 min read
FOCUSED ON ETERNITY III
A Genuine Faith that is Imperishable In my last Blog, we looked at the first of four reasons the Christian can be assured of his eternal...
Joe Durso
Feb 27, 20101 min read
FOCUSED ON ETERNITY II
An Imperishable Inheritance Imagine a world without death, disease, pain, or suffering, where all is good and nothing ends, then think...
Joe Durso
Feb 21, 20102 min read
Focused on Eternity
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope...
Joe Durso
Feb 15, 20101 min read
Victorious Faith V
“Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the...
Joe Durso
Feb 8, 20101 min read
Victorious Faith II
How does a Christian abstain from fleshly lusts, when the flesh is part of what we are? To abstain from fleshly lusts a person must...
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