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Old Testament Parallels, Moses (Exodus 3,4) and Reluctant Ambassadors
The story is familiar to most people who have even a modest knowledge of the Bible: the call of Moses at the burning bush. Moses the Israelite had been raised as an adopted child of privilege in the house of … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Tagged belief, church growth, courage, doubt, evangelism, faithlessness, fear, good news, Gospel, hope, leadership, obedience, persecution, sacrifice, speech, suffering, truth
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Getting “20/20 Foresight”
I’ve been listening to a class from Yale on the history of western civilization. It’s been interesting on a number of history-geek levels, but one thing that really has struck me has been how certain pivotal events in history didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, hope, judgment, meaning of life, obedience, pattern, religion, repentance, salvation, sin, suffering, wisdom
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“…But what Does the Bible say about that?”—Leadership and Gender in the Church
Many in the religious world around us now include women in leadership of their churches—in both worship and day to day leadership. The world, of course, applauds this taking this path as an enlightened evolution of religion; but the world has … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged Bible teachings, church, discipleship, doctrines, equality, fair, fairness, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, judgment, leadership, men, obedience, pattern, purpose, religion, roles, sin, theology, truth, wisdom, women, worship
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To God, the Things That Are God’s
“And He *said to them, ‘Whose likeness and inscription is this?’ They *said to Him, ‘Caesar’s.’ Then He *said to them, ‘Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.’” (Matthew 22:20, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, church, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, fear, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, hope, judgment, love, meaning of life, obedience, religion, salvation, worship
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What Does It Mean to be Undenominational?
The churches of Christ advertise on most everything that we share with the community that we are “undenominational”. It is something unique that sets us apart from other religious groups, but sometimes it just becomes the wallpaper in the background … Continue reading
Who Are We, and What Are We About? (part 2)
In my last posting I reflected on an important question for the church (not just individual Christians) to think about: “Who are we and what are we about?” We looked at Scripture to get a glimpse of who the Bible says … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged benevolent, commands, commission, discipleship, equipping, evangelism, false teaching, feed the hungry, fellowship, forgiveness, generosity, Gospel, helping the poor, hospitality, love, mission, obedience, one another, religion, sacrifice, scripture, sharing the Gospel, teaching, the church, the church of Christ, theology, worship, worship of God
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Who Are We; And What Are We About? (part 1)
A youth minister that a few of our old-timers will remember, Reid Moon, was fairly famous for his questions that seemed to come right out of left field—that would make you think a little deeper. One of his more famous … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged body of Christ, bride of Christ, church, false teaching, family, household of God, identification, identity, love, Messiah, new Israel, obedience, pattern, philanthropy, priesthood, priests, religion, social club, the saved, theology
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But First We Must Run Aground
Last Sunday I preached from Acts 27:25, where Paul tells the crew and other passengers on his storm-embattled ship that he had received a message from God that everyone on board would be saved—and he believed God. A short statement … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, Parenting
Tagged blessing, challenges, courage, discipleship, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, hard work, hardship, leadership, love, obedience, path to blessing, persecution, pray in faith, salvation, tribulation, trouble
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The Same, but Different
Romans 6:3, 4 “Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity
Tagged attendance, baptism, baptize, Bible, changes, courage, dealing with temptation, different, family, generosity, grace, life changes, love, meaning of life, money, prayer, purpose, religion, salvation, stresses, suffering, time usage, trials, use of time, wisdom
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About Prophetesses
In a post a short while ago I spoke about women’s roles in the church. It generated some good questions, one of them was about the prophetesses of 1 Corinthians 11. The answer to this question deserves something more than a … Continue reading →