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Christian Musings: November 2014
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A place to come and think out loud. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Why are boundaries so important to our spiritual and emotional health? It is really easy to answer; because they protect us. They protect us from the dysfunction of others and from our own dysfunctions. Think back to the myriad of prohibitions in the Old Testament.God gave them to His chosen people Israel, to keep them safe, and so they would reflect His glory to the nations that surrounded them. You might ask, what is a boundary anyway?
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Christian Musings: The balance between doctrinal truth and being relational.
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A place to come and think out loud. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The balance between doctrinal truth and being relational. The whole of the Christian life is about balance. Now, just to be clear, I'm not talking about any metaphysical or ethereal balance. I'm talking about a steady and stabilized understanding of the principles that we are to walk by as followers of Christ. In addition to how we are to treat each other within the body of Christ we are also given instruction on how we are to relate to the l...
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Christian Musings: We All Have a Rebellious Heart Towards God!
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A place to come and think out loud. Thursday, April 26, 2012. We All Have a Rebellious Heart Towards God! Our last and final attitude that we will deal with is the attitude of rebelliousness. So, lets list the negative attitudes that we have covered so far: a complaining attitude, a critical attitude, a covetous attitude, and a doubting attitude. By now we all should be saying that we need an attitude adjustment! Now what is a rebellious attitude? SAY IT IN A SENTENCE:. Romans, 5:12-21,. We need to see o...
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Christian Musings: Are You Being Intentional In Your Spiritual Growth?
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A place to come and think out loud. Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Are You Being Intentional In Your Spiritual Growth? I love the word intention. Listen to Merriam Webster's definition of intention:. A determination to act in a certain way :. A list of synonyms include: aim, ambition design, intent, goal, mark, plan. I want to plant this word with its deep meaning into our minds and souls and let it speak to us about our own relationship with Jesus Christ or our own spiritual growth. He will give you the ambi...
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Christian Musings: The Fruit Of The Christian Life
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A place to come and think out loud. Monday, February 6, 2012. The Fruit Of The Christian Life. Okay, here we go! Last Friday, we talked about the Old Testament tithe and the New Testaments guidelines for giving. I left you with the thought that what God really wants from us is not our money (tithe), but something much more valuable and rich. Now, remember the only way we can differentiate the unproductive soils from the productive soil is that the good soil produces FRUIT. Jesus tell us in Matt. ...Hebre...
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Christian Musings: The Dangers of a Low View of Scripture
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A place to come and think out loud. Monday, December 8, 2014. The Dangers of a Low View of Scripture. The one danger that I come across while conversing with a wide variety of Christians is the danger of having a low view of Scripture. Why do I ascribe having a low view of Scripture as being a danger? And what is a low view of Scripture? Let me start with providing three views that one can take on Scripture. Depending on what view one holds will affect the whole of his Christian worldview. The one scream...
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Christian Musings: April 2014
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A place to come and think out loud. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. What is the Gospel? Do words mean things? Of course they do. How important is it to have a proper biblical understanding of the biblical words we use? Let me give an example by way of an experience I had while earning my masters degree in a conservative bible college. This went on for some time…until I raised my hand and asked, "when did you share the gospel with these postmodern artists? So, what is the gospel? I’ll say this, the gospe...
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Christian Musings: March 2015
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A place to come and think out loud. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The balance between doctrinal truth and being relational. The whole of the Christian life is about balance. Now, just to be clear, I'm not talking about any metaphysical or ethereal balance. I'm talking about a steady and stabilized understanding of the principles that we are to walk by as followers of Christ. In addition to how we are to treat each other within the body of Christ we are also given instruction on how we are to relate to the l...
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Christian Musings: CHEAP GRACE
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A place to come and think out loud. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. COSTLY GRACE TURNS INTO CHEAP GRACE WITHOUT DISCIPLESHIP.". I have recently started to read the Cost of Discipleship. By Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and I would like to share some of the rich and deep spiritual truths from a man who gave his life for Christ. Here is a brief summary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:. February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a. And anti-fascist. He was a participant in the. I would like to ...
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Christian Musings: July 2014
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A place to come and think out loud. Thursday, July 10, 2014. I have a deep concern for the body of Christ. I have a deep concern for the body of Christ. My concern is the constant and steady drift I see taking place in the body of Christ as she moves away from divine revealed truth. I see human logic and gut-emotion reigning and squeezing out the authority of God's absolute truth. As the class progressed it came time to start work on our position paper, can you guess what I did my position paper on?
