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May 29, 2019 Matt Bedzyk
Elmira Christian Center Pastoral Residency

The ECC Pastoral Residency

May 29, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Life at ECC

The Pastoral Residency is an eighteen-month training program for men discerning a call to gospel ministry in the local church.

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What the Book of Acts Teaches Us About Evangelism

What Acts Teaches Us About Evangelism

May 1, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study

The speeches in the book of Acts are representative of the early church’s gospel witness and serve as a pattern for our evangelism today.

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Read the Bible as the Author Intended

Read the Bible as the Author Intended

April 10, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study bible study

The Bible must not be read simply as a collection of separate stories and sayings, but ultimately as one book, by one Author, telling one story.

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The True Israel of God

Rahab, Achan, and the True Israel of God

April 3, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study faith

The contrasting stories of Rahab and Achan illustrate that only those of faith are counted as offspring of Abraham, as the true Israel of God.

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The name above every name - alexander maclaren

“The Name Above Every Name”: A Sermon by Alexander Maclaren

March 27, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Theology acts

Alexander Maclaren's sermon on the name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the different aspects each name proclaims of his person and work.

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A Biblical Model of Pastoral Ministry

Paul in Ephesus: A Biblical Model of Pastoral Ministry

February 27, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study pastoral ministry

Paul’s farewell address to the Ephesian elders provides us with a biblical model of pastoral ministry that consists of both demonstration and declaration.

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Preserving Grace

God’s Preserving Grace

February 13, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study perseverance

Paul's short prayer in 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 reveals that sanctification is a work of God within us that is worked out by us.

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2 Timothy 3:14-17 and the Sufficiency of Scripture

The Sufficiency of Scripture

January 30, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Bible Study scripture

Understanding that the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments contain all the words of God that we will ever need changed my life.

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Why Pray if God is Sovereign

Why Pray If God Is Sovereign?

January 28, 2019 Posted By: Matt Bedzyk Theology popular

Why pray if God is sovereign? Does prayer change anything? Here are five reasons why we should pray knowing that God is sovereign.

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