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		<title>Can You Loose Your Salvation?</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/can-you-loose-your-salvation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The further we read in John chapter 6 the more assured we should be of the expression: &#8220;once saved always saved.&#8221; Why do I think this?  Glad you asked.  There is a series of verses in chapter 6 that teach clearly that the decisive impulse in our coming to Christ comes not from ourselves, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=134&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Quit Your Job and Don&#8217;t Work to Earn Your Salvation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post we looked at John 6:27 where Jesus says to the crowd following him: “Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life.” We saw that no one can work to earn their salvation.  The only work you can do to gain salvation is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=132&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Quit My Job and Earn My Salvation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In John 6:27 Jesus says to the crowd following him: &#8220;Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life.&#8221; At first glance and reading out of context one may think that Jesus is saying that to follow Him I should quit my job and start working for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=128&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Church Energize You or Drain You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully you went to church this morning to worship our great God and King. When you woke up this morning were you excited about going, or were you dreading it? If you were dreading it, ask yourself: &#8220;What do I go to church for?&#8221; There are many answers to this question: to see friends for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=124&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Was Jesus&#8217; Ministry an &#8220;Epic Fail&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/was-jesus-ministry-an-epic-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working through John chapter 6 for a little over a month now in sermon preparation.  As I study the chapter, I&#8217;m struck with the fact that Jesus starts the chapter with likely around 20,000 people following him.  He ends the chapter with 11. How is it that Jesus goes from a superstar mega-church [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=120&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only What&#8217;s Done for Christ Will Last&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/only-whats-done-for-christ-will-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two little lines I heard one day, Traveling along life&#8217;s busy way; Bringing conviction to my heart, And from my mind would not depart; Only one life, &#8217;twill soon be past, Only what&#8217;s done for Christ will last. Only one life, yes only one, Soon will its fleeting hours be done; Then, in &#8216;that day&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=115&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What advantage then has the Jew?</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/to-the-jew-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of Romans chapter 2 and beginning of chapter 3 is a very hard text to understand.  We are dealing here with this question: What is the difference between a spiritual Jew and being a Jew by birth? Does God still care about Israel as a nation, or has the believing church today replaced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=109&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Christ, Our Perfect Suffering Servant &#8211; Isaiah 53</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/jesus-christ-our-perfect-suffering-servant-isaiah-53/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we saw in Deuteronomy 21 the damage sin causes in the community and nation and the Lord’s requirement that sin be atoned for. We learned that sin is deadly and severs our relationship with the Holy God.  We also learned that we are all sinners and are all guilty and deserving of death [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=105&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Atonement is still needed&#8230; (Deuteronomy 21:1-9)</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/atonement-is-still-needed-deuteronomy-211-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve been preparing a sermon on Deuteronomy 21:1-9 this week I&#8217;ve been reminded how deeply we still need atonement in our lives today. Christians often think of atonement for sin as an Old Testament concept that has little relevance in our daily lives today. The Hebrew word often used for atonement literally means &#8220;to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=102&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Home Discipleship – Part 6</title>
		<link>http://ryanwalcott.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/benefits-of-home-discipleship-%e2%80%93-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are walking through several benefits to the household approach to discipleship listed by Eric Wallace in his book “Uniting Church and Home.”  My goal in these blog posts is to help us consider the urgent need for families to live out the biblical mandate of home discipleship. Benefit 11: A household approach better prepares [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanwalcott.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2126992&amp;post=99&amp;subd=ryanwalcott&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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