Bogdan Kipko

Author: Bogdan Kipko

  • Six Principles For Prayer From Jesus

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    Prayer is the oxygen by which all vital life organisms are kept alive and organized in the life of a Christian. Whether you pray hard or hardly every pray, it is important to understand some principles about prayer. If you catch yourself gasping for breath from the breadth of life, processing the position of your prayer…

  • Why Having A Mentor Is Essential To Your Leadership

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    While I was growing up, besides my parents and close family, I did not have any immediate mentors. I did not have a person with whom I met with on a regular basis for coaching and counsel. This is not an attempt to paint a picture of a lackluster environment in which I grew up.…

  • Ten Reasons Why We Fail To Be Distinctly Christian

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    Many of us have experienced a holy hangover. Before you get all religious on me, allow a moment for a brief prelude. You just came home from a great Christian conference . You just listened to some of your holy heroes preach a 90 minute sermon. You just attended a moving church service. You just…

  • Seven Things I Learned From Being In Seminary

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    This past May, by God’s grace and because of my phenomenal wife, I was able to finally finish seminary. Now that I am finished with seminary, I want to share some reflections regarding my journey. These are things that I learned along the way. This list includes things that were exciting, beneficial, painful, torturous (greek) empowering and…

  • So-Cal To Sac-Town To San-Fran: A Theology Of Road-Trips

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    This past weekend, a group of young leaders from our church went on a road trip together. The main purpose of this trip was to attend the Generations Conference, hosted by the PCSEBA in Sacramento. The conference served as a great cultural experience. The evening time following the conference was spent at fabulous Old-Town Sacramento. The…

  • Jesus Saved My Life: SoCal Youth Service Recap

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    Last weekend, over two hundred young people of Slavic descent, gathered together in SoCal for the Annual Beach Party & Youth Service. This year, our church was the host for the service on Sunday. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting many new people and reconnecting with old friends. As I greeted the young people coming in, I was encouraged…

  • Why We Need To Think Nothing Of Ourselves

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    In the last post, we talked about how to attract the grace of God. Today, I want to explore how Christ demonstrates to us an ultimate form of humility. I said in the last post the following quote: If we are not emptying ourselves consistently, we will be full of ourselves constantly. The Apostle Paul,…

  • How To Attract The Grace Of God

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    It is possible to attract the grace of God. We all would not object to more of God’s grace in our life. How then can this come to pass in our life? In the book of Isaiah, we find the following words: This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble…

  • Five Phenomenal Facets of Justification

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    Today, I would like to point out five facets or sides of  justification. Understanding these items will helps us grasp this concept more firmly, fall in love with Jesus more passionately and thank God once again, wholeheartedly. It might get a bit heavy, but stick with me and I promise this will be worth your…

  • Why Justification Is The Beginning of Restoration

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    What we believe will determine how we live. This is why this week,  I would like to introduce to you a short series on the doctrine of justification. The aim of this series is for us to fall in love with Jesus more passionately, pursue holiness more fervently and be grateful to God more frequently…