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The Green Beans of the Christian Life
I was amazed many years ago to find out what Weight Watchers at the time was suggesting for a diet. Green beans! Tons of them! “How in the world could that be good for a diet? Is there some special … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church Growth
Tagged Christian activity, Christian growth, faithfulness, good deeds, meaning of life, morality, obedience, putting away sin, repent, repentance, sins, wisdom, works
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Looking for a Silver Lining
A couple of weeks ago I came to the church office to find that we’d been burglarized. It was mostly computers that were stolen; thankfully, the thieves left us our external hard drives. Nevertheless, the following week or so has … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, faith, faithfulness, hope, love, money, obedience, religion, theology, wisdom
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Standing for 1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century — #3
We may complain a lot about trying to live a 1st century Christian life in the 21st century—there are so many new temptations that we have to contend with, so many cultural differences, so many challenges that we believe the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged ancient paganism, Christ, church, courage, current-events, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, Gospel, grace, idols, judgment, justice, love, obedience, pattern, persecution, religion, sacrifice, salvation, suffering, wisdom, worship
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Standing for 1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century — #2
Our last posting gave thought to a stronger than usual pressure in our modern world to change God’s church, His moral standards, and His ways. However, we had also noted that rather than these being extraordinary and unprecedented times, there … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged change, church, convenience, courage, excuses, eye-candy, faithfulness, false teaching, idolatry, idols, leadership, pattern, sin, teaching, the one true God, truth, worship
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The Marriage Covenant
I’ve heard people joke about it before, but never really heard anyone speak about it seriously. Yet, there it was on the radio being seriously discussed like it was a desirable, workable possibility—contractual time limits for marriage, an end point … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged adultery, changes, covenant, divorce, exclusivity, excuses, family, family adoption, handshake agreement, life-long, love, marriage, marriage vows, meaning of life, narcissism, obedience, paper contract, personal growth, pride, religion, self-indulgence, sex, sin, wisdom
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A Church Where Everyone Ministers
Are you involved in the church’s activities? This question might be answered in a number of ways by various people in the church. Some would say that they’re up to their eyeballs in church activities, while others, on the other … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged body, church, church growth, clergy, evangelism, faithfulness, fellowship, growing faith, involvement, laity, meaning of life, obedience, persecution, priesthood of all believers, priests, religion, sacrifice, work, worship
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Fear of the Lord
Many of our contemporary world might congratulate themselves because they don’t fear the Lord. Thinking themselves quite “evolved” and grown-up enough to either no longer need fear as a motivation for doing the right thing or (much worse) thinking that … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, New Testament
Tagged awe, creator, discipleship, disrespect, father, fear, friend, heaven, Hell, holiness, holy, judgement, love, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, respect, taking God seriously, terror, wisdom
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The Suffering Servant
This being Easter, much is said about the cross of Christ and His resurrection. Most of what is said is truly moving and thought provoking, but none of them top what was said about the cross and resurrection of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, cross, Easter, exaltation, love, Messiah, resurrection, salvation, savior, suffering
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SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS…
Over the past few weeks we’ve been considering growth, personal spiritual and corporate church. I’d like to wrap up this “binge” of articles on growth (at least for now) on a note of “outcomes” — what does spiritual maturity (mature … Continue reading
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Tell Me About the Christ, Part 1
What do you know about the Christ? It’s one of those things that we sort of take for granted, but we’re living in a world unlike what we’re used to that is among other things challenging even the basics of … Continue reading →