How do you reach someone with the truth of God’s Word, when they are confused about a doctrinal issue and believing an error?  On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain you must start by showing them your genuine concern for them and allowing them to sense your heart of compassion for them.  If you don’t start there, then they may confuse you with the “doctrine police” and you may miss the opportunity to help them understand the truth. To learn more, join us for the next Treasured Truth.

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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, we will consider the importance of having sound doctrine.  And Pastor Ford will explain that we must be concerned about the truth of the gospel, maintaining its clarity and integrity. But we also must have a heart of compassion for others. So, to maintain our understanding of God’s truth while caring for our fellow believers, we must lovingly correct those around us who may have been duped by doctrinal error.

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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to become intimately familiar with the truth.  Why?  Because there will be people who will come to us with errors in their teaching.  They will come with heresy and lies.  And we must be able to distinguish between the truth of God’s Word and man’s errors. Learn more about this important concept when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.

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As believers, we sometimes can get bogged down in our journey toward maturity, daunted by the perception that we need to abide by a lot of rules. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we should concentrate on remembering how it was when we first got saved. Do we remember the freedom that we felt and the burden that was lifted from us? Do we remember when we realized our sins were cast into the depths of the sea?  If we remember those things, we will remember the true liberty we have in Christ.

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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in Mark 2, and we see how the friends of the paralytic man went to great lengths to get him in front of Jesus, Pastor Ford will ask us some important questions to consider.  Are we ready to break out of the box?  Are we ready to tear the roof off of all the limitations? Sometimes, in order to get people to Jesus, we have to overcome obstacles and challenges. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that every effort to get someone to Jesus is worth it.  

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On today's Treasured Truth, as we seek to understand our motivation to love and serve God and our fellow believers, we must realize that Satan’s going to shoot at us to try and prevent us from striving to reach our goal. And according to Pastor Ford, if the Devil can’t mess your church up from the outside, then what will he do? He’ll find a way to join it! So, we don’t need to give Satan the bullets to shoot at us. He already knows that if he can divide us, he can defeat us. Find out more about how we can protect ourselves against the ploys of Satan on today's Treasured Truth.

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Have you ever considered why as believers, we do what we do? Why do we want to know Christ more? We want that for His sake. Why do we want to love Him more? We do that for His sake.  And why do we want to follow Him more? On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that everything we do as believers should all be done for the Lord’s sake.

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When we realize that a fellow believer is trying to earn their salvation by obeying rules, we need to emphasize for them the freedom that they have in Jesus Christ. We should encourage them to not let anyone bind them or limit their freedom, by having them do things that the Bible doesn’t tell them to do.  So, join us for today's Treasured Truth to find out what it means for our brothers and sisters in Christ to “oppose themselves” as believers.

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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue to consider the three-fold appeal we find in Galatians 4, Pastor Ford will explain that surface level Christianity robs us of our greater power to be able to live the Christian life. And the greater power we are seeking doesn’t come through obeying rules. Rules are not the end. They are the means by which we reach the end goal, which is always greater fellowship with Christ.

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As we begin a new study in Galatians on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us how far will we go to help a brother or sister who has strayed from the truth of the Bible. What does it mean, really, to bring someone back to the truth, when they have forsaken and abandoned the way of grace and are going in the way of the law? We’ll learn more about this important part of our role as Christ followers on today's Treasured Truth.

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