May 17, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: communion, bread, sacrifice, Lord's Supper, Acts, church, ordinance, Scripture, God, Jesus
The partaking of the Lord’s Supper in many churches is like the national anthem before a sporting event. Everyone is used to it. Everyone participates. One person leads it. However, the national anthem is often treated like nothing but an ancient ritual we want to get past to get to the game. ...
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March 31, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: celebrity, Pastor, Sunday, Jesus, shepherd
Human beings have always wanted someone to look up to who is bigger than themselves. The infatuation we have with superheroes in America proves the point. We realize that as frail, feeble human beings, someone else must provide what we indeed do not have for ourselves. This celebrity status of vesting our hopes and dreams in another is something we are all tempted to do. ...
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March 21, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: God, near, Jesus, suffering, faith, love, hope, close
Recently I wondered to myself: do other Christians sometimes not “feel” God’s nearness? Not a day or so later, I heard a famous preacher speak about seasons in life when God seems distant. I guess I am not the only one after all!
In fact, the Bible is full of stories of people of God who felt a distance from their Creator. We may be tempted to think that those who h...
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February 25, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: salvation, doubt, Christ, faith, assurance, gospel, in, Jesus
There are few things more debilitating to a Christian than doubts about his or her salvation. I know about this firsthand, both because I have had seasons of doubt and because all pastors face this challenge in the lives of their members. So, it’s critical to know how to converse with them about these doubts....
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February 21, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: church, Pastor Seth Alcorn, Pastor, Flat Run Church, Virginia, God, Jesus, love, Holy Spirit, doctrine, preaching, pulpit
February 18, 2019 is probably not a big day for you unless you had a child born that day. While I doubt anyone remembers where they were that day, I sure do! It was my first Sunday as Pastor of Flat Run Church....
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January 27, 2023
by Pastor Seth Alcorn
| Tags: Christ, Humility, Jesus, value, worth, resume, blog
Our accomplishments are nothing, but “rubbish” compared to the worth of Christ....
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