Tag Archives: sanctification

The Difference Between Life and Death (Romans 12:1-2)

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Michael J Erdel

Romans 12:1-2 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed … Continue reading →

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We Were Meant to Live for So Much MORE! (Acts3:16)

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Michael J Erdel

Acts 3:16 16 And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. … Continue reading →

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Diverse Trials and the PERFECTING WORK OF GOD (James 1)

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Michael J Erdel

From the very beginning of the Epistle of James, one thing becomes very clear; that God deems trials to be necessary for the development of strong Christian character. More specifically trials develop patience, or what is more rightly defined as … Continue reading →

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Money-Minded Can’t Serve God!

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Michael J Erdel

Below is a link to the video of. last week’s message from Luke’s 16:1-14, entitled “Money-Minded Cannot Serve God”. Please consider a prayerful listen. Being money-minded is much easier than we may want to admit, and therefore, a very dangerous … Continue reading →

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Lost Sheep, Coins with Legs and Two Bad Brothers (Luke 15)

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Michael J Erdel

Below is a link to the preaching of God’s word from Luke 15. This message was given on Sunday January 28th with the fellowship of Encounter Church in Fostoria Ohio. The message reveals the dispositions of hear that lead even … Continue reading →

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#2 (Luke 1:1-7) “Righteous and Blameless”

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Michael J Erdel

As we discovered in the last message Zacharias and Elizabeth were righteous before God, by their faith in God’s word and promise of the coming Messiah. Having this understanding means that they were not attempting to be blameless in the … Continue reading →

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Get Out of the City Doomed for Destruction Part II (I Peter 2:4-9)

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Michael J Erdel

2 Peter 2:4-9 (NKJV) For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but … Continue reading →

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Help Me, Lord Jesus! I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up!

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Michael J Erdel

So goes the cry for help, first seen on American television in the late 1980’s in infomercials for a product called Life Call (now called Life Alert). The original commercial and the woman who played “Mrs. Fletcher”, who first spoke … Continue reading →

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Risking Sanctification with a Spiritual Shell Game

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Michael J Erdel

Have you ever witnessed the shell game while walking the streets of a city? The runner of the shell game, takes a bet from the player, then simply places a pea beneath one of the three shells, then mixes them … Continue reading →

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Threat Against the Gathering of the Saints in Chicago!

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Michael J Erdel

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER: Below is a chilling report out of Chicago. What is being threatened happens regularly in China and other persecutive regimes world-wide. To think it is threatened in America to many is unthinkable. The Corona virus as a … Continue reading →

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