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Judgment
Along with inclusiveness, one of the “high virtues” of the modern age seems to be non-judgment. It is considered a serious “sin” to many modern minds to be judgmental. This is , logically, a rather curious set of morals, since … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical authority, bound in Heaven, circular logic, correction, criticism, differentiation, discernment, God's authority, judgment, loosed in Heaven, opinions, spiritual help, tastes, traditions, truth in love
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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
“Church People Judge Me” — Lessons for Christians to Learn
Many avoid coming to church, according to research (see my last posting), because of fear that they will be judged instead of well received. Some of their fear of judgment is really just a bad conscience that doesn’t want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, care, church, encouragement, faithfulness, fear, forgiveness, grace, holidays, hope, judgment, love, obedience, opinions, sin, stumbling block, wisdom
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An obedience of faith — Romans 15-16
With the chapters 15 and 16 Paul wraps up his letter. He will put finishing touches on his extended command about accepting one another, his proposed mission plans (which he hopes the Roman church will help him with), an extensive … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, division, faith, jew and gentile, love, mission, moral virtues, obedience, obey, Old Testament, one accord, opinions, sin
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A Cappella Obedience—What Happened?
For the first 1000 years after Jesus came and established His church, all those who claimed the name of Jesus worshipped the Lord in song with voice only. This was not simply a tradition, but rather was it was practiced … Continue reading →