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Reverend Nate Shurden, preaching from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
We Welcome to the Pulpit This Evening Rev. Nate Shurden. Nate is the Minister of Discipleship at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, and Assistant Editor for reformation21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Nate and wife Christy have three children: Rosalyn (5), Katie (3), and Daniel Knox (1).
Download: Witnessing the Power of the Gospel
Preparation and Reflection
“The gospel is the chariot wherein the Spirit rides victoriously when He makes His entrance into the hearts of men.” – William Gurnall“There are no incurable cases under the gospel. Any sinner may be healed if he will only come to Christ.” – J.C. Ryle
“There are two things to do about the gospel – believe it and behave it.” – Susannah Wesley
“When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed.” – C.H. Spurgeon
Call to Worship – Romans 1:16-17
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’ ”
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