Category: church
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Diagnosing and Treating Carnal Christians
First take a glance at the multifaceted corruptive flesh-system on its own. You have unbelievers who are more noble-minded when it comes to the Gospel (like the Bereans) then you’d have others who are outright enemies of righteousness (Saducees). You … Continue reading →
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Must Churches Have Small Groups (A Small Groups Ministry for Growth, Discipleship and Fellowship)?
I keep finding churches that have small group ministries (called SGMs going forward). This isn’t unusual. Plenty of churches have been into this idea of small groups for a while now—more so in the mega-churches. Thousands of people going through … Continue reading →
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Early Church On Jesus’ Deity
Right up front, some of these guys are making a good point. To read the text through the lens of later theological developments winds up ignoring what the text is actually saying. So in some sense, they are (at least … Continue reading →
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Increase Not Decrease: Joy In God-Given Vocation
“The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegrooms voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.” (John 3:29-30) John, at this point of his life, noted that his joy was fulfilled in being where God wanted him to…
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God With Us
Article 2 of the Constitution of the United States stipulates the rules for the Executive branch. How long the person would serve. How they would be elected. What was the grounds for electing him. What is the process for removing him. What are the qualifications to function in that role. In that clause, the Constitution…
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Teaching Children The Gospel and Moral Responsibility
I have several posts about teaching children doctrine (here about the image of God and here about the meaning of the mistreatment of God’s image and here some messages). Each example is used to give the fundamental Biblical and theological point without all the extra stuff that you or I might believe–by that I mean…