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The gospel as the message of God’s salvation
In the first post of this series, I said that I was looking at the terms Scriptures, Bible, New Testament, Gospels, and gospel. In the next post, I looked at various uses of the term “Scriptures” in...
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Making a difference…
Several years ago, I ran across a blog called “A Future and a Hope.” (Actually, at that time it was called “Pure Christianity.”) I haven’t linked to the site lately, but a recent post called “We are...
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More about making a difference
Earlier this week, I published a post called “Making a Difference” in which I pointed my readers to a family who stopped focusing on “church-stuff” in order to actually make a difference in people’s...
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This was God’s way of initiating a new journey for us
Justin (at “Justin’s Blog” appropriately enough) shared part of his story with me in an email. He’s also published the story in a post called “This is my story,” again, appropriately enough. Justin...
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What are some of the benefits of sermons?
What are some of the benefits of sermons? So, that may sound like a weird question. Some of my readers have determined that sermons are not as beneficial to the church as discussion and/or...
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What are some of the benefits of discussions?
Yesterday, I asked the question, “What are some of the benefits of sermons?” (I encourage you to read the comments in that post.) What are some of the benefits of discussions? So, that may sound like...
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The Holy Spirit and the familification of the church
Dave Black is writing a new book about the church. He has tentatively (or maybe permanently) titled it Seven Marks of a New Testament Church. Over the last few days, he’s shared several excerpts, and...
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I know how to do a Bible study
Last Friday, “House2House Magazine” published an article that I wrote called “I Know How to Do a Bible Study.” I appreciate Keith Giles for inviting me to write for the new magazine and for publishing...
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Becky Lynn Black passed away this morning
For the last several years, my family and friends have been praying for Becky Lynn Black as she fought cancer. This morning I heard that she finished that fight – a fight that lasted several years...
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Are you a leader?
When my children were younger, we would read a book to them called Are You My Mother? At the beginning of the book, a bird is hatched, and it spends the remainder of the book looking for its mother....
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