And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who...
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When Abnormal Becomes “Normal”
Joh 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. (2) Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more...
Continue ReadingWhen Abnormal Becomes “Normal”Thoughts on how Seminary Training can Produce Gnat Strainers and Camel Swallowers
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You...
Continue ReadingThoughts on how Seminary Training can Produce Gnat Strainers and Camel SwallowersThe Word Became Flesh
At this evening's Christmas Eve service (we will livestream it at 7PM PST), we will be reminded of the Apostle John's account to the Christmas story: Joh 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,...
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Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward…(Matthew 26:59-60) It is not...
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Eph 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. (32) Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. We have...
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2 Corinthians 4:2-4, “But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of...
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Continue ReadingFREE Resource InformationMaybe my Abuser is an addict – isn’t sin an addiction?
1Co 6:9-11 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, (10) nor thieves, nor the greedy,...
Continue ReadingMaybe my Abuser is an addict – isn’t sin an addiction?We Must Understand the Nature of Sin if we are to Properly Deal with it in the Church
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies....
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