OUTLINE:Christ Saves Ministries UPDATE NEW!!! – 4only1.org NOTE: Christsavesministries.org now forwards to the above 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.The Audience of HebrewsThe audience was likely a house church among a multitude located in or […]
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The Bible makes a clear distinction between evangelism and pastoring, aka shepherding. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of
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OUTLINE:Roadkill – blog 2/3/23Faith without works is less than roadkill. When that kind of faith is postured as saving faith it’s more offensive than anything we could ever come across decomposing on the side of the road.Roadkill – blog 2/3/23There’s a better chance that you will see roadkill jump up and dance the jig than see dead
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OUTLINE: Roadkill – blog 2/3/23Faith without works is less than roadkill. When that kind of faith is postured as saving faith it’s more offensive than anything we could ever come across decomposing on the side of the road. Roadkill – blog 2/3/23There’s a better chance that you will see roadkill jump up and dance the jig than
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I live in rural Massachusetts where wild animals have a habit of crossing the road at just the wrong time. Whether it’s a deer, opossum, raccoon, or whatever, I’ve seen more roadkill than I can count. The strangest thing happens whenever I encounter a dead animal on the road. I slow down and look at
OUTLINE:The Audience of HebrewsThe message was prepared for a specific local group who considered themselves Christians and were distinguished from leadership, though intimate with them (past and present). (Heb 13:17, 24) The Audience of HebrewsIt is very likely that the local assembly was a house church located in an urban setting and that it had
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TODAY’S VERSES: Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” In prep school we recently began a series titled, “Christianity vs Religion”, in other words- the religion of the Bible
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OUTLINE:The Audience of HebrewsThe message was prepared for a specific local group who considered themselves Christians and were distinguished from leadership, though intimate with them (past and present). (Heb 13:17, 24) The Audience of HebrewsIt is very likely that the local assembly was a house church located in an urban setting and that it had
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Pop quiz: What do all religions except true Christianity have in common? Answer: They all promote a works program, where adherents desiring favor with their deity (or deities) must perform good works while in their natural, fallen state. In other words, all other religions besides Christianity propose a person is born naturally capable of doing good in
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OUTLINE:The Writer of HebrewsHe was part of what we might effectively call “the Pauline circle” (v13:22-23) who numbered himself among those who had heard the Gospel from those who heard it from Jesus, directly (v2:3-4). The Writer of HebrewsHe leaned heavily on Hellenistic Jewish cultic perspective to relate to his audience (ref: priesthood and sacrifices).
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