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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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Which Is It, Love or Fear?
Love and fear are often placed in opposition to each other in the realm of religion. They seem on the surface to be mutually exclusive, when it comes to discipleship and service to the Lord. The clear preference is for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Parenting
Tagged cheap, complacency, courage, discipleship, disobedience, drudgery, faith, faithfulness, fear, generosity, heaven, hope, judgment, justice, leadership, love, mercy, minimum, obedience, purpose, rote
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Authentic Humility
Humility is a sneered-at word. Who wants to be humble? It is equated with weakness, being a victim, and impotency. Pride, on the other hand, is envied, vaunted, and promoted. Why? Possibly because we’ve often misunderstood what humility is. This … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged Christ, church, courage, disciples of jesus, faith, generosity, Gospel, grace, hope, humility, judgment, love, meaning of life, mercy, Messiah, obedience, pattern, religion, sacrifice, salvation, sin, theology, wisdom
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How to Give the Right Way
Note: This posting comes from an article that I wrote for the Manchester church of Christ on January 9. I thought that perhaps those who are in ministry or others who are disciples generally might be interested in thoughts about … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged amount, attitude, Christ, church, collection, contribution, evangelism, faithfulness, false teaching, generosity, giving, grace, heart, love, meaning of life, mercy, obedience, pattern, religion, stewardship, wisdom, worship
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Wise Men Still Seek Him
The Christmas story, the story of Christ’s birth and early childhood, will be on the minds of many over the next few weeks. Most of us are more familiar with the Christmas story than we are with any other story … Continue reading
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Tagged birth of Christ, Chaldea, Christ, Christmas, daniel, faith, Gospel, grace, King of the Jews, magi, meaning of life, mercy, Messiah, mothers, nativity, obedience, promises, prophecy, purpose, salvation, spiritual wisdom, wisdom, wise men
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Devotion to God
Do you have spiritual A.D.D.? Attention Deficit Disorder? Physical A.D.D. is a widely (probably over-) diagnosed problem among kids these days, but it has been applied to a number of adults, too. This may be attributable to how we’ve trained … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD, ADHD, attention, attention deficit disorder, baptism, Christ, church, devotion, disciples of jesus, faith, faithfulness, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, hope, love, meaning of life, mercy, obedience, olivia newton john, persecution, religion, sacrifice, salvation, spirituality, suffering, wisdom
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Tolerance 2
Yesterday I talked in this posting about tolerance’s virtues and vices. The world just gives “tolerance” a one-size- fits-all approach and tolerates everything, no matter how bad. But Christians are commanded to be tolerant about somethings and to refuse to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, church, faith, false teaching, fear, grace, judgment, justice, love, mercy, obedience, persecution, pride, sacrifice, sin, wisdom
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Tolerance
I saw a bumper sticker today with one of those fancy uses of various religious symbols to spell out words: one was “coexist” and the other was “tolerance”. They express the world’s current cardinal virtue sometimes stated in various other … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, New Testament
Tagged brotherhood, Christ, church, division, doctrine, faith, false teaching, grace, hatred, judgment, love, mercy, morality, persecution, race, virtue
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“Church People Judge Me”
I was reading the results of a survey recently on why people don’t go to church. One of the reasons most often cited is the fear that people in church will judge them. As a minister of the Gospel I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ, courage, faith, faithfulness, fear, forgiveness, grace, hope, judgment, meaning of life, mercy, obedience, pride, repentance, wisdom
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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 →