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Joe Durso
Jul 1, 20171 min read
THE POWER THAT PURIFIES
To be sure power corrupts, however, there is power that does not corrupt but purifies. There is a knowledge of Jesus Christ that is...
Joe Durso
Jun 18, 20172 min read
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO KNOW JESUS
When the Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the believers in Corinth he told them that he had determine “And when I came to you, brethren, I...
Joe Durso
Jun 4, 20172 min read
THE JESUS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Yes it’s true, two to three weeks and my first book will go on sale at WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson and Zondervan. What’s...
Joe Durso
May 30, 20172 min read
THE MEANING OF LIFE
So after seventy years or so of experiencing life, what is the conclusion? Is it for the joys, suffering, or to perpetuate the race? When...
Joe Durso
May 21, 20174 min read
PASSENGERS
Every once in a while a story comes along that steps outside the realm of mere entertainment and looks deep into the soul of man and...
Joe Durso
May 14, 20172 min read
WHO HAS A TEACHABLE SPIRIT?
Let me try to answer the title question by first explaining that for assurance of salvation a person must be correct about the facts of...
Joe Durso
May 6, 20171 min read
GOD IS RIGHTEOUS, MEN ARE UNRIGHTEOUS
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the...
Joe Durso
Apr 29, 20171 min read
PAUL WROTE THAT GOD WAS RIGHT
Assurance is the glue that holds all the doctrines of salvation together. Therefore, every doctrine th “But Jesus, on the other hand,...
Joe Durso
Apr 23, 20171 min read
THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
I have sat through many studies on the book of Romans and almost all have one thing in common, they sound like a theological thesis....
Joe Durso
Apr 15, 20172 min read
BY FAITH THE JUST SHALL LIVE
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the...
Joe Durso
Mar 27, 20177 min read
JESUS THROUGH THE EYES OF A LITTLE MAN
Do you ever wonder how it is that sometimes people end up so far from the place they began? That’s the way it was with me. I was raised...
Joe Durso
Mar 25, 20172 min read
THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF EVIL
“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and...
Joe Durso
Mar 14, 20172 min read
WHY DECEITFUL SPIRITS SHOULD BE VIEWED AS VERY DANGEROUS
“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and...
Joe Durso
Mar 5, 20173 min read
HOW JESUS CHRIST GIVES MEANING TO BELIEVERS
Paul begins 1 Timothy 3:1-4 with a certain urgency. He sent a letter just in case he was delayed. This wasn’t an email or even mail, he...
Joe Durso
Feb 26, 20172 min read
The Source of Great Insecurity
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:18) I was raised in a home with two very devoted parents. As children...
Joe Durso
Feb 22, 20172 min read
BE OF ONE MIND: A CHRISTIAN’S RESPONSIBILITY
We live during To stand under the shadow of the cross is to be made aware of our responsibility as sanctified believers to walk in a...
Joe Durso
Feb 15, 20172 min read
SPIRITIST OR SPIRITUAL, YOU CHOOSE
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who...
Joe Durso
Feb 5, 20172 min read
THE LORD IS THEIR INHERITANCE
“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by...
Joe Durso
Jan 29, 20172 min read
NO ONE CAN JUDGE
No one can judge is the cry of our generation. I am told that the most quoted verse from the Bible is Matthew 7:1, “Do not judge so that...
Joe Durso
Jan 21, 20172 min read
PROPHETS THAT TEST OUR LOVE
“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning...
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