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A Message for Monday: The Evangelization of the Home
I had the opportunity to speak at my church last week and I ended up bringing a message about the evangelization of the home. You can listen to it right here, or if you want a copy for yourself, you … Continue reading
Posted in Fathers, Marriage, Mothers
Tagged Children, Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Holy Scripture, Jehovah, Knowledge, Obedience, Salvation, Scripture, Selfishness, Sermons, Sin, Virtue, Witnessing
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The First Type of Evangelism, part II
In my first post in this series, I discussed the Shema Yisrael and its connection to what Jesus Christ calls the first and greatest commandment. In this post, I want to backtrack a little bit and talk about evangelism in … Continue reading
Posted in Fathers
Tagged Children, Church, Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Theology, Witnessing
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Worshipping Youth
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and though I don’t have time to go into depth, I would like to throw out a thought. Let me start with a couple of assertions: Christian American culture worships youth … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Mothers
Tagged Children, Church, Discipleship, Elders, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology
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The Dangers of Professional Clergy and Institutionalism
Over at the GeoffRe(y)port, there is an interesting post on the unintended consequences of professional clergy. As I understand it, the problem is not so much with the elder(s) being supported by the church, as it is with what happens … Continue reading
Faith and Works
Over at A Servant’s Thoughts, Frank Ritchie has a solid post about modern evangelism’s limp wristed approach to salvation. Do yourself a favor and go give it a read. Then come back here and let me know whether or not … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Decay, Evangelism, Faith, God, Hell, History, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Reformed, Religion, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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The First Type of Evangelism
Our church’s verse for the year is “He that winneth souls is wise”, and while I have no problem with Scripture or focusing on winning souls, I’m a little underwhelmed with the modern concept of “soul winning”. And no, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fathers, Mothers
Tagged Children, Church, Daughters, Evangelism, Faith, God, History, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Sons, Theology
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Questions about Mega Churches
I’ve always been skeptical of mega churches. It was built into me growing up: the idea that things get unwieldy when they get too big, that the head can no longer know what the whole body is doing. Without really … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged Church, Elders, Evangelism, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Mega Churches, Pastors, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology
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America, Evangelism, and the State of the Church
Kevin Bauder of Central Baptist Theological Seminary has sounded off on the state of the American church and the sore need for the re-evangelization of America. Here’s an excerpt: I have some reason to know. In 1990, I moved my … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Evangelism, Faith, God, Jehovah, Obedience, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Theology, Witnessing
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Reformed?
From a recent conversation with a Reformed friend: When people would ask me what sort of church I went to or what sort of religion I was and I would say, “Oh, I’m Reformed”, they would smile and then frown … Continue reading
Antinomianism
Over at Greensboro NC Christian Joel Gillespie has written a couple of interesting posts on Antinomianism[1][2]. Do yourself a favor and check them out, then do me a favor and come back here and leave a comment about it. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Antinomiansism, Church, God, Heresy, Holy Scripture, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Sin, Theology
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