August 25th, 2009
Terry Davis (our Family Minister) and I are preparing a series of messages for Journey Christian Church on the subject of worship.
My prep work has reminded me of the controversy worship has spawned throughout the centuries.
In their book, Into the Future, Elmer Towns and Warren Byrd briefly and effectively outline some of the major controversies [...]
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August 23rd, 2009
What’s the best way to ask for a raise …
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August 17th, 2009
The way it oughta be done!
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August 17th, 2009
As a young person, I would read Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” I would trust those words because of the testimony of the one who wrote them. I trusted Paul. Why did I trust Paul?
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August 17th, 2009
The argument begins with Beisner noting that the verb “repent” is plural, and that the “your” in “for the remission of your sins” is also plural. (Beisner inserts “plural” at these points.) But, he says, the verb “be baptized” is singula
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August 14th, 2009
This has made me wonder. I have often wondered (in the sense of marveled) that the original translators had the courage to do it right! Then I have often wondered (in the sense of “I wish I knew”) HOW MANY CALLS AND LETTERS the translators and publisher received from the “sola fidei” folks complaining about the original version and demanding a change.
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August 14th, 2009
Disciple Making[1]In December 2008 our congregation celebrated our 50th anniversary. What a fantastic time we had renewing old relationships and looking back. It was nice, but, it also pointed out a problem. We were looking backwards not forward. The longer any organization exists the more this trend takes hold. It is called institutionalism. Institutionalism causes the organization (churches
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August 13th, 2009
The only difference between a rut and a grave…
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August 5th, 2009
July 30, 2009
by Arron Chambers
I’ve been reading some great stuff from Jim Collins’ new book, How the Mighty Fall. Jim Collins is the best-selling author of Good to Great. In How the Mighty Fall, Collins shares six traits to use when trying to put the “the right people” in the right seats. [...]
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