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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 5, His Cross and His Death
One of the most central doctrines of the Christ have to do with His cross and death. While there is nowhere near enough room to give this topic a just discussion, here are a few important teachings about it. Absolutely … Continue reading
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 4, His Authority on Earth
We’ve been exploring various aspects of what the Bible says about Jesus Christ 1) as the second Person in the Godhead, 2) His incarnation and resulting two natures as God and man, and 3) the witnesses of His God-ness, His … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, Christ, death, demons, evil spirits, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, forgiveness, grace, grace resurrection, healing, heaven, hope, Jesus, judgment, mercy, Messiah, miracles, obedience, persecution, pride, prophecy, resuscitation, revival, sacrifice, sin, suffering, teachings, theology, truth, wisdom
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 3, Witnesses of His Divinity
In our last two posts we spoke about Jesus Christ as the second Person in the Godhead, and we briefly explored His two natures as God and man. But the whole notion of God condescending to be a man is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, deity, divinity, flesh, humanity, Messiah, prophecy
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 2, Jesus’ Two Natures
Last post we started talking about the Christ, the second person in the Godhead. We talked about His place and His role in the Trinity. But one of the greatest difficulties people have in understanding Jesus Christ is His two natures—God … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, deity, divinity, flesh, Godhead, Godhood, human, humanity, image of God, incarnation, Messiah, truth
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What the Bible Says about Jesus Christ, Part 1, His Pre-incarnation
If you’ve only read the title of this article, you may be thinking, “Whoa, haven’t you bitten off a little more than you can chew for a bulletin article?” I’ll grant you that this topic is a pretty broad subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Creation, creator, God, Godhead, Godhood, Gospel, incarnation, Jesus, Messiah, pre-incarnation, the Word
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Who’s Right?
Ezekiel 33:17-20 “Yet your fellow citizens say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, Old Testament
Tagged baptism, Christ, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, forgiveness, generosity, God's judgment, God's ways, good and bad, grace, obedience, pattern, religion, right, right and wrong, salvation, sin, theology, wisdom, worship, wrong
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Christian Leadership, Part 3
The last two posts we’ve been considering the Bible’s teaching about leadership. These considerations are different from worldly, secular exercises of leadership. It begins with the motivations of service, the knowledge of how to follow, and and the Christian attitude of … Continue reading
Christian Leadership, Part 2
In my last post I began a short series on Christian leadership. Again, this isn’t a prelude to the process of appointing elders, which is usually one of the only times we visit the topic; but it about general Christian leadership … Continue reading
God’s Rescue Will Be God’s Way
Psalm 119 is a great paean of praise for God’s eternal, righteous, and inerrant word; and the longest psalm in the Bible at 176 verses. But it is much more than just an exercise in how many ways you can … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, blessings, church, discipleship, disobedience, faith, faithfulness, forgiveness, God's way, Gospel, grace, heaven, hope, judgment, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, promises, redemption, rescue, salvation, sin, theology, truth, wisdom
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What the Bible Says About Jesus Christ Part 6, His Resurrection and Ascension
To non-Christians it might be a point of confusion that Christians focus so much and celebrate weekly the cross and death of Jesus Christ. The cruel and unjust crucifixion of the Son of God seems like a really bad reason … Continue reading →