Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Shammah
I was reading one of my own archived posts, and I was reminded why we do this. What do we do? We take a stand for change. We preach a Gospel that demands the counting of the cost and explains the cost as everything. We say you cannot be a Christian without doing so because [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2010 by Shammah
In A.D. 325, Eusebius, the first church historian and the bishop (link opens in new window) of the church in Caesarea, wrote a letter. To me, it is one of the most surprisingly ignored letters in the history of the church. THe letter is an explanation of the Nicene Creed immediately after its acceptance by [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Shammah
One of these days I’m going to have time to do justice to the series I was doing on the appearance of Paul from 1 Thessalonians 2. There’s one post on exhortation I really want to get to, but I have to have a good amount of time to write it. I got another email [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Shammah
The simple version of it is that I don’t believe in a church other than the local church.
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Posted on August 7th, 2010 by Shammah
I got an email from a Roman Catholic yesterday. It was very nice this time. Most of the vitriolic (um, harsh and negative) letters I receive are from Catholics. This one was very kind. On the other hand, he asked me to go view a video that would set me straight. I didn’t go view [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Shammah
I don’t want to write posts like the one I just wrote without telling you what I’m about to tell you. That post discussed true and false Christians—or disciples vs. mere believers—and I don’t want you to misunderstand what I mean by disciple. I’m not going to explain it to you; I’m going to give [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Shammah
I like to say that there are two things we preach, which are two reasons for changing the way we "do" church in America. The Gospel is a life for a Life. Jesus calls us to give up our lives and enter into his. In the mind of Christ and the apostles, you can’t be [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Shammah
This series started by looking at Paul’s boldness and his avoidance of flattering speech. All of these attributes come from 1 Thessalonians 2, and they are all the result of one thing: Paul’s focus on and commitment to the Gospel of Christ. Paul never lost sight of the goal: preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Shammah
If over half your congregation is not even interested in Jesus’ requirements for a disciple (Luke 14:26-33), then the devil does the majority of the voting in every one of your business meetings.
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Posted on July 11th, 2010 by Shammah
If you haven’t been following this series, it begins with Ignatius’ introduction 3 or 4 posts ago on June 28. The Text of Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians 2 We’re on chapter 2 today. It reads as follows: As to my fellow-servant Burrhus, your most blessed deacon in all things pertaining to God, I plead [...]
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