The Beginning of Relationship

My wife and I have recently been talking about what it means to be the church. What does it look like? Does it mean that we stand on a street corner with a sign saying repent? Does it mean we go on a missions trip, come home and think how much we helped those poor people? Does it mean that we bring Jesus into every conversation we have? What does it mean to be the church and serve others....
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The Call

Many of us wonder and think about what our “calling” is. What is it that God wants us to do? What great and mighty way can we serve Him? This is a path that God has been leading me down for a few months now. I have always felt I knew my calling and that was discipleship within the body of Christ. Taking new believers and walking them down the road to knowing, loving and serving God....
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God and Our Neighbor

The focus on the Christian life for many is worship of God and pursuing the Christian life. But what is that pursuit of the Christian life? Is it attending church, living a pure life and having a daily quiet time? Note the focus on these pursuits is on God and us. But perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions of the Christian life is that it’s individual based – that is it’s based on what...
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Biblical Worldview – A Christian Necessity

Everything in our world and our life, people, problems, governments, issues, solutions, you name it and your worldview determines how you think and react to these things. As Christians it is important for us to live our lives and make our decisions based upon a biblical worldview. So what exactly does it mean to have a biblical worldview. It’s pretty simple really, you must know what God...
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Who Is The Lord Of Your Life?

As you may or may not know, my family and I have been attending a new church. We have been happy and feel pretty comfortable there. I was able recently to speak with the Pastor for a few minutes and felt even more at ease as we spoke about his theological stance and how he runs the church. Early on, as we sat in church and listened to the sermon, I was once again shown that this is indeed the...
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When Doctrine Blinds Us

I have recently been studying several incidents in the Gospels that have a similar reoccurring theme. The incidents of interest are as follows Healing of a Paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26) Healing of a Man in the Synagogue (Matthew 12:9-14, Mark 3:1-6, Luke 6:6-11) Healing at the Pool in Bethsaida (John 5:1;16) In the first Jesus is accused of forgiving sin by the religious...
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