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“As a general rule, I hate the fashions of society, and detest conventionalities, and if I conceived it best to put my foot through a law of etiquette, I should feel gratified in having it to do” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 17).
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“Let a man be afflicted with a disease of the heart, and all evils are wrapped up in that one – stomach, lungs, viscera, muscles, and nerves will all suffer; and so, let a man have his heart weakened in spiritual things, and very soon his entire life will feel the withering influence” (Spurgeon, Lectures to
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I hope I trigger you.  And I hope you trigger someone else. With three major universities nearby, our church is frequented by hundreds, if not thousands, of university students every year.  They’re some of the most devoted and passionate Christians I know.  I love them! Universities are to be creative places where young minds explore, imagine,
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“But when the Holy Spirit prophesies expressly through Paul’s lips that an apostasy is coming (II Thess. 2:3) – which cannot come unless the pastors are the first to forsake God – why are we here willfully blind to our own destruction?” (John Calvin, Institutes, Vol. 2, p. 1170).
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“…whatever ‘call’ a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).
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“You all know the injurious effects frequently produced upon water through flowing along leaden pipes; even so the gospel itself, in flowing through men who are spiritually unhealthy, may be debased until it grows injurious to hearers” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).
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“It was indeed fitting that [pastors] be executors and keepers of the peace and safety of the church, since they are appointed for its preservation; but it is one thing to render what you owe; another, to owe what you fail to render”  (John Calvin, Institutes, Vol. 2, p. 1169).
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Introduction  With all the mention of Islamic terrorism in the news, I’ve heard reference made often to the Crusades.  Islamic terrorists claim their attacks on Western non-combatants are a response to crusading forces, and Western leaders have cited the crusades as proof that Islam is not the only religion with a violent component: Christians waged
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