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Arm, There is No Way You Can Be as Important As Me!

Posted in Christian Living, Ecclesiology, Studying the Scriptures, Theology Applied, tagged , on October 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »

I think we know these verses very well but I am going to provide them again for easy refererce. This is the ESV (PSV the Piper Standard Version LOL).
Romans 12
 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but [...]

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God’s Grace

Posted in Christian Living on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One thing I recently realized is..the importance of writing down what the Lord does in our lives.  I think it is extremely important to be able to recall all of the circumstances that the Lord has proven Himself in our lives. We recently at my fellowship have begun to explore “Faith” and what it means from Biblical standpoint. [...]

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The Grace Tension: A Case For Erroring On It.

Posted in Christian Living, Studying the Scriptures, Theology Applied, tagged , on October 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »

I know, I know, I know. I was to stop writing and I really will. I just wanted to share something that was on my heart. I received a beautiful admonishment/exhortation yesterday and today and it was the same story by two different people on two different issues but it was the same end.
It really [...]

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Is Theological Alignment Inevitable?

Posted in Christian Living, Studying the Scriptures, tagged on October 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Someone said this to me a few weeks back:
First, and I’m not being funny, make sure that you’re always reading the New Testament. And, instead of reading primarily for theology or soteriology, ask what the writers are saying about the church. Many times the theology or soteriology is assumed, but the writers say a lot [...]

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Did Calvin’s Ecclesiology Produce a Faux Flower?

Posted in Reformed Perspective, Studying the Scriptures, tagged , on October 17, 2008 | 36 Comments »

Okay I know I said I would be done, but as Festus once told Paul  “your great learning is making you mad (crazy)”. Here is a serious question. Did Calvin’s and the Reformers Ecclesiology force them to produce a faux flower? Given the fact that the Church and the State were in a ungodly marriage under the tyranny [...]

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Alternatives to Monoluge Preaching or Exposing the Sacred Cow of Expository Preaching

Posted in Current Issues, Ecclesiology, Sermons, tagged , on October 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »

 (Source:here)
Early Anabaptist congregations were distinguished from their Catholic or Reformed contemporaries by the much greater freedom their members had to participate actively in a learning community. There were monologue sermons, but often a number of people made contributions. Questions were invited and discussion took place. Gradually, as the tradition developed, a reversion to the dominance [...]

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Evangelism

Posted in Christian Living, Evangelism, Prayer, tagged on October 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
I absolutely love sharing the Gospel of Christ. Our fellowship of believer’s decided we needed to search for an outlet in our community to begin sharing this message that so dramatically changed our hearts and our lives. Unlike most churches, we don’t go out and say, “Come to our church and it’ll be great.” No [...]

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To Vote or Not to Vote…….

Posted in Current Issues, politics, tagged on October 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Yesterday at fellowship(Lord’s Supper) with the brethren we engaged in a interesting conversation in regards to politics. This is something  I brought up simply because my view is somewhat changing about this issue largely due to a book I am reading about this-church and state etc…. We are really close at our fellowship and we all [...]

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1 Corinthians 9 and salaries for pastors

Posted in Ecclesiology, Studying the Scriptures, tagged on October 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

By Alan Knox:
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As part of his argument, Paul assumes that apostles have the right to receive support (“eat and drink” – 1 Cor 9:4 – “refrain from working for a living” – 1 Cor 9:6). To reinforce this right, Paul gives several examples: a soldier does not go to war [...]

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The Rape of God’s Mercy

Posted in Christian Living on October 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »

A Warning About Presumptuous Sin
 By Daryl Wingerd
Have you ever sinned on purpose? Have you ever known that something was sinful, had every opportunity to avoid the sin, yet decided to do it anyway? If so, were you comforted in your decision by thoughts of God’s forgiving mercy? Perhaps you said to yourself (as I once [...]

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