“This is not an intellectual movement.”
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The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Act (the “Act”) makes it a federal crime to “willfully cause bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempt to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of any person.” Persons who violate this law may be imprisoned for up to 10 years, and may be assessed a monetary fine. Stricter penalties, including the death penalty, apply if death results from an offense.
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To be sure, we must also and always promote church growth, unity, and evangelism; but without a foundational and parallel emphasis on truth, the results will be counterfeit.
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The emergent church and its allies on the religious left are to Christianity what termites are to wood. They devour it from the inside out, little bit by little bit, and you don’t notice it until it’s too late–unless you look for the droppings
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Ron said, “And do you know why the heavens shout to welcome Jesus to Jerusalem?”
“No, why?” I asked.
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Why is there no dogma discounting “believe?” Isn’t believing something you put effort into as well?
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Christianity has always had to fight off heretical teachers and movements. Paul and Peter wrestled with the "Gnostics". A heresy of having a "higher knowlege." There are others in history who have claimed a higher knowledge than what scripture plainly teaches. A sort of "New Gnosticism" (or Neognosticism) is the loosely associated movement called "Postmodern" [...]
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May 28, 2009 by Arron Chambers
In my opinion, home Bible studies are one of the most effective tools for making disciples for Christ and for shepherding the flock. I also believe that home Bible studies create an environment that is more like the first century Church than anything else we do currently in Western [...]
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The most striking thing about this story is not that Rip slept twenty years, but that he slept through a revolution that would alter the course of human history.
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The Gospel of Christ is so simple. Why do denominations add, subtract, and delete portions? Who gave them that right to dogmatize and corrupt the Word of God? The gospel of Christ is simple…God is Love, Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb, Trust and Obey.
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