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Journal of a Grape
I shared this with the body a while back, and I believe I said I’d post it to my blog — but of course I forgot. So . . . I happened to think of it just now. It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia, evangelism, holiness, house church, organic church, pagan christianity
Tagged grapes, harvest, new wine, wine skins
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It is Your Prayerlessness
God has been speaking to me about prayer lately. It seems that I move from one obsession to another with Him, and for the last several weeks, it’s been prayer. My friend Rachel is blogging about the same subject at … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, evangelism, holiness, organic church, prophecy
Tagged hearing from god, intercession, lightning, prayer
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Discovery Bible Study (group)
Oral Study for a Group How many groups doing Bible studies actually study . . . the Bible? Here’s a great way to allow the word of God to do the teaching. Anyone can do a Bible study like this. … Continue reading
Discovery Bible Study
Three Column Study I’ve only recently discovered what is (to me) a new method of studying God’s word, and I’m excited about it — so of course I want to tell you about it and how to do it. This … Continue reading
Does an Eternity Have to be Forever?
In my last post I talked about the Greek words aion and aionios. Aionios is often (but not always) translated eternal or everlasting. It cannot be the case that aionios means eternal in the modern sense — or at least … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, evangelism
Tagged eternity, heaven, hell, jesus, rob bell, universal reconciliation
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Forget the Law!
So many people just want to know what God requires of us so they can do it. They want the list. “Show me what I should and shouldn’t do and I’ll do it, okay? Is that so hard?” The same … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, evangelism, holiness, house church, organic church, pagan christianity, small group, truth
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Hell: Eternal Torment or Eternal Destruction?
For an update on this post, please see “A Personal Odyssey,” which I wrote a year and a half later. Is this a vision of the eternal torment awaiting unrepentant sinners? Umm, nope. Sorry. Just some clay monsters created by … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, evangelism
Tagged devil, eternal torment, heaven, hell, jesus, judgment, torture
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What is Glory?
I’ve been thinking about glory recently. We’re commanded to glorify God, but how do we do that? How can mere men and women do such a thing? And what is glory, anyway? Well, in the first sense, glory is the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, evangelism, General
Tagged Bible Study, christianity, faith, glory, holy spirit, jesus, love, religion, resurrection, salvation, spiritual
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What (or Who) is Church For?
Debs has gotten quite a lot of response to her simple question (below). Simple question…. Posted by: Debs on: July 22, 2009 Do you believe the church is intended for the believer or non-believer…and why? Think about it, it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, house church, organic church, small group
Tagged Bible Study, christian, church, house church, jesus, relationships, religion, simple church, spirituality
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Modern Day Daniel
I ran across this link on Renaissance Guy’s site and was so impressed with the story I wanted to share the link here, too, in case you missed it. Who among us casual protestant low-church folks would think of looking … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, Islam
Tagged christianity, coptic priest, doctrine, evangelism, Islam, jesus, mission, religion, zakaria botros
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