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What Does God Want? (Part 1)
How do we know what God wants? What did He have in mind when He created the heavens and the earth? Genesis 1:1 only goes back to the beginning, and we want to know what was on God’s mind before … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, holiness, organic church, pagan christianity
Tagged father, god's purpose, jesus, son of god
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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
Is Eternal Destruction Forever?
If you’ve been following the blog, you’ll know that I’ve been talking (with the occasional interruption) about 2 Thessalonians 1:5-9. In this post, I want to focus on verse 9, particularly on the word destruction. Destruction sounds pretty serious; pretty … Continue reading
Lamps in the Village
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a village . . . In this village lived people of all sorts; people who saw, people who felt, and people who knew. People who sought and found, and … Continue reading
Posted in art, Bible Study, Dreams and Visions, house church, organic church, pagan christianity, prophecy, small group
Tagged light, parable, short story
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A Personal Odyssey: Part 5
What a surprise for me! I may have mentioned that I’m always asking God to set me straight regarding my understanding of Him. He’s changed so many of the things I “knew” to be true, and every time He does … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, organic church
Tagged gospel, jesus, redemption, rob bell, salvation, universalism
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A Personal Odyssey (Part 4): Is Death the Dividing Line?
How many will enter into the joy of the Lord? For years; decades, really — okay then, a LOT of decades (satisfied?) I’ve held this question in abeyance. In part 3, I mentioned this conflict. Jesus repeatedly warns that a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, organic church
Tagged death, jesus, judgment, redemption, rob bell, universalism
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What and Why is Worship?
A little interlude from my current series of posts: The little gathering of believers to which I belong has been discussing worship. What is it? How do we more consistently enter into it? Why do we need to do it? … Continue reading
Posted in ecclesia, holiness, organic church, prophecy
Tagged hearing from god, holiness, love, praise, prayer, worship
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A Personal Odyssey: Part 3
Are Jehovah’s Witnesses right about at least one thing? They believe the wicked are ultimately destroyed (annihilated) rather than tortured in perpetuity in hell. Compared with eternal torment, annihilation sounds a lot more merciful, and I also held that opinion … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, eschatology, organic church
Tagged christian universalism, heaven, hell, rob bell, universal reconciliation, UR
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A Personal Odyssey: Part 2
In my last post I talked about my discomfort with the concept of hell as traditionally presented. A very large turning point for me was reading the blog of a brother in the Lord, David Flowers, which he entitled: Hell: … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, eschatology, organic church
Tagged all saved, evangelical, george mcdonald, rob bell, universalism
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Not A Mixture
I am that which you know to be right and true and beautiful. My way is not a mixture — you know I hate a mixture — everything must be what it is, not what some other thing is . … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams and Visions, holiness, house church, organic church, prophecy
Tagged foundation, god, jesus
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