When people hear the word ‘discipline’ in a familial context, a certain kind of pain and suffering often percolates up in the soul. For example, when a child is disciplined, it typically involves some form of punishment, whether emotional or physical. In either case, said discipline implies discomfort. I think most of us would agree […]
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OUTLINE: Latest Blogs – What Do You See? – We’re Supposed to Stick Together – 2/24/23 – The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – 2/17/23 – The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – 2/10/23 – Roadkill – 2/3/23Rom 10:3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did
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TODAY’S VERSE: Matthew 7:17 “Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.”How would you define or what do you think of when you hear the term “good works”? If you asked people in the world (unbelievers), they would probably answer something like, “to obey authority (parents, teachers, police) and to
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OUTLINE: Latest Blogs – What Do You See? – We’re Supposed to Stick Together – 2/24/23 – The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – 2/17/23 – The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – 2/10/23 – Roadkill – 2/3/23Context is key!The Difference Between Exposition and ParenesisThe goal of exposition is to explain something (e.g., when
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We tend to use the word “hope” a lot in our everyday communication- “I hope you have a nice day, I hope it does not rain this weekend, I hope they saved me some cookies, etc.…”. It seems like hope has become similar to the word love- over used while not truly understood. To be
If you were to have asked me years before I became a believer where I thought attacks on Christians would most likely come from, I would’ve said, “From unbelievers and skeptics, of course…makes perfect sense to me!” Fast forward to me today, a pastor with nearly a decade and a half of full-time ministry under
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OUTLINE: The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – blog 2/17/23 The Audience of HebrewsThis was a church in crisis for several reasons: it had lost its original leaders, it was under constant attack, some members were failing to fellowship together, and some had already defected (apostatized). There was a perfect storm brewing. (Heb 2:1; 3:12-15;
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OUTLINE: The Most Underrated Verse in Holy Scripture? – blog 2/17/23 The Book of Hebrews was like a dart thrown by a master dart player.The Audience of HebrewsThis was a church in crisis for several reasons: it had lost its original leaders, it was under constant attack, some members were failing to fellowship together, and some
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We live in a world that has the attention span of a gnat. Worse than that, we live in a world that pursues quick fixes. Patience has become optional, no longer a virtue; rather, something espoused by the weak. Have a problem? Google the remedy. The quickest resolution trumps the healthiest. It’s no longer what’s
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OUTLINE:The Difference Between Evangelism and Shepherding – blog 2/3/23You don’t talk about the good news to an unbeliever the same way you do to a believer.Capture Context in ConversationsIf you don’t mind me asking, what does being a believer mean to you??What do you think of Jesus, whose son would you say He is?? 1 Co
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