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Following Jesus to unexpected places—Samaritans
“How did a pit stop for lunch in Sychar turn into an evangelistic harvest of despised Samaritans?” Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged conversations, courage, discipleship, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, fear, Following, good news, Gospel, Jesus, obedience, religion, Samaria, Samaritans, Sychar, truth, woman at the well
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The Reason for the Season
Well, Christmas is just about upon us. In many respects it is a wonderful, special time of year; but in other respects it is a source of controversy and cynicism. Which is it really? Let’s take a thoughtful look at … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, Christmas, family time, gift giving, God made flesh, holy days, Jesus, reason for the season
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About Easter
If you’re not a regular church-goer, or just not an especially religious person, you might wonder what all the fuss is surrounding Easter. And even if you do come to church regularly you might sometimes wonder the same thing, even … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged afterlife, change, Christ, courage, evidences of Christianity, faith, fear, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, heaven, hope, Jesus, judgment, justice, meaning of life, Messiah, obedience, pattern, promises, purpose, religion, resurrection, sacrifice, spirit world, theology
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Just Say…Jesus
Former first lady, Nancy reagan, in her efforts to stop drug usage among young people was asked what to say to kids to help them to stay away from them. Her response was to tell them to “Just say no!” … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged burdens, Christ, courage, drugs, eternity, faith, forgiveness, grace, guilt, heaven, hope, Jesus, Just say no, knowledge, life, love, meaning of life, obedience, purpose, religion, repentance, salvation, truth, willpower, wisdom
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The Two Sides of Kindness
Kindness is not a topic that you are likely read too many posts about. It seems just sort of—well, bland. “Yeah, yeah, practice random acts of kindness, blah, blah, blah.” But for Christians it is a rather important virtue to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged Christ, church, courage, emotions, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, feelings, gentleness, Gospel, grace, Jesus, judgment, kindness, love, parenthood, persecution, purpose, salvation, sin, wisdom
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Tell Me About the Christ, Part 3
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at some of the important biblical teachings about the Christ—the theological term for this study is Christology. We first considered the Christ in His eternity and Godhood, before the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Uncategorized
Tagged advocate, ascension, blood of Christ, Christ, Christ coming again, Christ's return, death under his feet, forgiveness, high priest, hope, Jesus, judge, Lamb, light, mercy seat, premillennialism, resurrection, resurrection of all, right hand, right hand of the Father
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Tell Me About the Christ, Part 2
Last week we began a brief study of the Christ with a look at what the Scripture says about Him before He came into this world as Jesus of Nazareth. The world, including even the religious world, has some pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, Christology, crucifixion, doctrines, emptied himself, enfleshment, faith, fullness of deity, fully divine, grief, incarnation, Jesus, Lamb, meaning of life, Messiah, mission, prophecy, religion, resurrection, salvation, Son of God, suffering, teachings, the Word, theology, virgin birth
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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
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, Christology, creator, deity, divinity, equality with God, faith, Gospel, Jesus, meaning of life, Messiah, pre existent, prophecy, Son of God, sustaining, the Lamb, the Word, theology
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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 →