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Scripture teaches salvation by grace alone through faith alone. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus did everything...
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A Bible-Believing and Practicing Church
210 West Small Street
Westport, Indiana 47283
South Decatur Baptist Church desires conforming according to the Word of God into the image of Jesus Christ with a view of His future kingdom and all for the glory of God.
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Kent Brandenburg
- 7 days ago
- 2 min
A Dream
Scripture contains dreams. You reading, I imagine, had and have them yourselves. In the Bible, sometimes those dreams really are...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Aug 31
- 2 min
The Fear of the LORD
The book of Proverbs centers on a particular theme, which Solomon characterizes as a foundational reality every person at the very start,...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Aug 24
- 2 min
A Dispirited Region
Not at all wishing to be offensive, I believe that our area, this general region, is dispirited or depressed. I make this assessment...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Aug 17
- 1 min
The Two Major Contradictory Explanations for Everything
Scripture and philosophy portray two different, opposing and contradicting, explanations for the origin and sustaining of all things: (1)...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Gaslighting
Today a word we are hearing very often, one that I never heard as I grew up, is “gaslighting.” People use the term all the time and in a...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Weird
Maybe you’ve noticed in the news, one side of the political spectrum, media and politicians, say their opposition is “weird.” It started...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Paris Olympics' Wicked Parody of Da Vinci's Last Supper
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics parodied the Leonardo DaVinci painting, The Last Supper, using drag queens to represent Jesus...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jul 20
- 2 min
How and Why Satan Attacks Scripture
As much as anything, Satan attacks scripture. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom 10:17), and without faith it is impossible to...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jul 13
- 2 min
A Church Business Meeting
The Bible doesn’t command a church business meeting, but principles there do provide the basis. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jul 6
- 1 min
Boundaries or Borders
Paul said in Acts 17:26: "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Lying, Liars, and an Objective Standard for Truth
I watched the first (and maybe only) Presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump. For one of the candidates,...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jun 22
- 1 min
Child Evangelism
Scripture teaches evangelism of children. When I write “evangelism,” some people may have heard the word, but don’t really know what it...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jun 15
- 1 min
Demise of the Patriarchy
Maybe you’ve noticed, maybe you haven’t, but it’s true either way, the culture of the United States now denigrates, attacks, and...
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Kent Brandenburg
- Jun 8
- 1 min
Right to Bear Arms
The second amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution says man has the right to bear arms. One should assume that...
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Kent Brandenburg
- May 31
- 2 min
The Scriptural Future Event: The Rapture
Scripture teaches the “rapture” of the saints, even though the word itself isn’t in the Bible. It comes from a Latin word that would...
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Kent Brandenburg
- May 26
- 1 min
The Ordinance of the Lord's Table
Jesus instituted two ordinances for the church: baptism and the Lord’s Table. The latter the New Testament (NT) calls “communion” (1 Cor...
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Kent Brandenburg
- May 18
- 2 min
Pentecost Sunday
The word "Pentecost" is actually a Greek word, which means the fiftieth part of something. In the Old Testament it was called the Feast...
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Kent Brandenburg
- May 11
- 1 min
Connection to Mom
When young soldiers die on the field of battle, before they die, they very often cry out to their mothers. Sometimes if they can, they...
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Kent Brandenburg
- May 4
- 2 min
Genesis Best Scientific Explanation for Origins
More than I’ve seen in my lifetime, scientists and other very public officials say God’s creation is the best explanation for the origin...
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