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Grace Empowered Effort

2nd Peter 1:1-14

October 21, 2018 • Pastor Mark Mincy

The Enticement of Man's Applause
Versus
The Enjoyment of God's Approval

"We must picture hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives with the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment."
- C.S. Lewis

"in a world dominated by the image instead of the word, interior life gives way to exterior show. Substance gives way to simulation."
- Rushkoff

1. Faith
2. Virtue
3. Knowledge
4. Self-Control
5. Steadfastness
6. Godliness
7. Brotherly Affection
8. Love

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