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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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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
The Pattern of God — Walking According to the Pattern
Over the past several weeks we’ve been talking about the pattern of the church, the bride of Christ. We’ve noted that there is a pattern for the head of the church, a pattern for becoming a Christian and part of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, commands, discipleship, examples, faith, faithfulness, footsteps of jesus, heart, holiness, idols, immorality, judgment, meaning of life, morality, obedience, pattern, positive commands, purpose, religion, salvation, sin, theology, thoughts, 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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Hold on to what is good — 1 Thessalonians 4,5
Today’s reading continues with Paul’s letter to a very young church. Some of the things, therefore, which Paul talks about will be reasonably elementary, but it is always worth while to review the fundamentals, especially in a day like ours … Continue reading
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Tagged End of the world, eschatology, examine, Greek culture, hellenistic city, immorality, leadership, morality, parental guidance, resurrection, second coming, sex, sexual morality, sexual purity, sexuality, thessalonian church
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Here am I, send me — Isaiah 4-6
Well, summer is over now that Labor Day is passed, at least that’s the rule of thumb in New England. Some of the leaves are beginning to turn; fall is coming. Now might be a good time to look back … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, Old Testament
Tagged evangelism, Holy Spirit, morality, pillar of cloud, pillar of fire, Spirit of God, vineyard
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What the eyes see — Ecclesiastes 4-6
Hopefully, you weren’t too depressed by Ecclesiastes 1-3 yesterday. Some have characterized this book as being pretty joyless, pessimistic, and sour on life — the “pessimists proverbs”, so to speak. The truth is that it is simply the strong medicine … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, appetite, bureaucracy, choices, Ecclesiastes, investments, morality, oppression, sacrifice of fools, workaholism
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The Moral Evidence of God
Let’s assume for a moment that God doesn’t exist, but we do. If God doesn’t exist, then the only explanation for the existence of life is evolution. And if evolution is how we came to be, then we are logically … Continue reading →