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Current Questions — Musical Worship
Last week I began a bulletin series on contemporary questions. We began with the authority of Scripture. This was foundational to all the rest that we will discuss. These topics tend to be controversial in some places and they will … Continue reading
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Current Questions — Authority of Scripture
There are many questions that have stirred up controversy in the religious world these days. Teachings and practices that Christianity thought were settled long ago have been brought into serious question in modern times. The sad part is not that … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, Bible, church, discipleship, faith, false teaching, God's word, Gospel, obedience, promises, prophecy, religion
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What Could God Do With You?
God took some dust from the ground and from it formed a living, breathing man, complete with God’s amazing image and a free will. Out of nothing but ordinary dirt!! God took the rib of a man and made it … Continue reading
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Something of How Much I Owe
As many of you know, Linda and I went to France this summer. One of the highlights of the trip for me was going to the Normandy beaches and the American cemetery, where well over 9000 WWII dead are buried. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, courage, discipleship, faithfulness, grace, love, memorial, obedience, remembrance, sacrifice, salvation, sin, worship
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What If?
A couple of Sunday evenings ago our Bible class began a new study on 1 Peter. As we were discussing the general circumstances and purpose of this letter, we naturally started talking about the terrible persecution of Peter’s day under … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged church, commitment, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, fear, heaven, hope, obedience, persecution, strength, suffering
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Family Communications, Part 6; Upon Confession & Repentance, Forgive!
In the last installment of this series of blog postings, we took a look at how important it is to confess and ask forgiveness, when you’re wrong. By the way, just in case it hasn’t occurred to you, you will … Continue reading
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Tagged forgive, obey, pardon
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Family Communications, Part 5; When You’re Wrong, Admit It and Ask Forgiveness
Have you ever known someone who “couldn’t be wrong”? My bet is that you’ll say “YES!” And maybe an eye-roll or a head tilted toward the person you have in mind will accompany your answer. This is a problem that … Continue reading
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Tagged confession, forgiveness, hope, love
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Family Commuication, Part 4; Avoid Using a Loud or Angry Tone
We’ve been thinking about healthy communication skills in this blog space for the last several days. We’ve talked about the importance of listening and letting the other person finish talking, the clear wisdom of thinking before you speak, and “speaking … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, escalation, kindness, loud, love, tone, voice
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Current Questions — The Role of Women
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve dedicated this blog space to a few of the doctrinal questions of our day. The questions have arisen not from some new evidence that someone has discovered calling into question long-settled Biblical doctrines, … Continue reading →