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Should Christians Unhitch Their Faith from the Old Testament?
In a growing age of skepticism, it is essential for evangelicals to thoroughly know what they believe, and why they believe it. In recent days, there has been an aggressive attempt to undermine the Christian faith by attacking the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament. “How can you serve a petty and jealous God that is […]
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Facebook Live: How to Study Your Bible
On Saturday, May 19 at 4PM EST, Jon Beazley, Stephen Boyce, and John Bower will be hosting a Facebook Live event. We will be discussing simple, practical tips on how to study your Bible. You don’t have to be a Hebrew and Greek scholar to deeply study God’s Word. Our desire is to equip believers at every […]
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Why Do I Have Anxiety?
It’s a Product of the Fall If we want to know where our anxiety originated from, we need to go back to the first mention of anxiety in world history. This event is in the third chapter of Genesis of the Bible. God gave Adam and Eve explicit instructions not to eat of the tree of […]
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The Bible and Rape
Have you ever noticed that most skeptics attacking the Bible focus their attention on the Old Testament? This video is a response to Matt Dillahunty misuse of Deuteronomy 22:23-29.
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Bible Study: Uncovering the Theme of a Book
On May 19th at 4PM, we will be hosting a Facebook Live event! We are beginning a short series on how to study your Bible. Our first study is how to uncover the theme of a book of the Bible. Every book of the Bible has a distinct purpose and it is the believer’s responsibility […]
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Facebook Live: Why We Chose the NKJV
This Saturday at 4PM EST, Jonathan Beazley and Stephen Boyce will be hosting a Facebook live event. The discussion will be focusing on why we have decided to use the New King James Version at CityLight . This discussion will involve an honest talk about Bible translations, the philosophy of the KJV translators, and our conviction about using a translation that has […]
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I Thought My Son Might Die
I was at the gym Saturday night when I received a call from Bethany that our nine month old son, William Cole, wasn’t doing very well. She informed me that he had spit up a large amount of dark brown blood. “Do you think we should go to the hospital?” she asked. Should we? Probably. Did […]
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When God Changes Your Plans
what if God came in and changed your plans? What if you pursued a direction in life that you prayed about and God opened the door for you, but soon after, He slammed the door shut? What if God came in and took a hammer to our fictional world we lived in and shattered it? This happen to the prophet Ezekiel, yet because he faithfully persevered he saw the goodness of God in a profound way.
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How Do I Heal From Anxiety?
In the previous blog, we established the origin of anxiety. We learned that it was a product of the fall of man and was Satan’s attempt to devour our mindset toward God. As a reminder from the first blog, we at Citylight do believe that there is a difference between physically afflicted anxiety and spiritual-emotional […]
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Committed, But Exhausted
I was sitting on my living room floor, holding my nearly nine month old baby boy. He couldn’t roll over, sit up, crawl, pull up to stand, cruise along the furniture, or anything babies his age typically do. I had never heard him laugh, or coo, or do anything but cry weakly – and even […]
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Quieting an Anxious Heart
Introduction Anxiety is a widely discussed topic today. It will not take you long to find a book, YouTube video or blog dealing with this topic. In fact, someone who struggles with anxiety can find themselves lost in all the materials, leaving them with a feeling of hopelessness. Anxiety is a serious discussion. If someone […]
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Come Out From Among Them
In my last article, I began to lay the ground work for a series on biblical separation. It is my estimation that a lot of confusion on this subject stems from a lack of attention to what God actually has said. In this article I takes a deeper look into 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 to discover what the Lord means when he instructs believers to come out from among unbelievers and to be separated. What does this separation look like? How is it in keeping with the mission of the church to make disciples of all the nations? This article will answer these questions as well as other questions that come from this particular subject.