Augustine powerfully defended Christian doctrines against the heresies of his day, including Pelagianism. He also expressed his love for God in his Confessions.

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John sums up his teaching on sacrificial love with the four common aspects of assurance of salvation discussed in his epistle.

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Luke details the dual accounts of God preparing Peter and Cornelius to preach and receive the gospel message. God heals disunity through Christ for all who believe.

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Jesus, God's Son, equips believers to pray for and exhort each other to resist sin and the devil, who wages war against the church. Christ also intercedes for them.

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Andy introduces Augustine, a passionate preacher and teacher in the early church. He wrote Confessions and The City of God and led the church in Hippo for forty years.

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One of the best assurances that believers could have that they're born again is if they see in their lives a pattern of sacrificial love for other Christians.

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The apostle Peter is a prime example of a sinner saved by grace, useless in himself, but made useful to the Master by the transforming power of God’s grace in Christ.

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John addresses the problem of fighting against sinful drift and the church's responsibility to help each other by prayer, accountability and biblical teaching.

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John Chrysostom gives us a powerful example of the impact of a sold-out preacher who lived his faith as well as preached it.

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If you're a child of God, you're not going to make a separate peace with sin. You're going to keep fighting sin because the truth of the gospel remains in you.

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