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Rob Bell’s Trampoline
Rob Bells Trampoline In Velvet Elvis Rob Bell discusses Doctrine as the spring on a trampoline. The springs are not the main point; they merely facilitate the greater goal of “us finding our lives in God.” He compares it to looking at doctrine as a brick wall that when bricks are removed simply falls apart.…
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First Among Equals
I have to add more to my look at Biblical church Leadership by examining the concept of primus inter pares or “First among equals,” a phrase which indicates that a person is the most senior of a group of people sharing the same rank or office.
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Arrogance on My Part
I had something of an interesting revelation the other day about my pride. I am sure we are all familiar with the shame we feel after a particular sin or ‘spritiual bad day’ where we just don’t want to face our father. It is just like report card day when I was in school.
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Good News V. Good Advice
Good News V. Good Advice Jesus answered: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. This is the first and most important commandment. The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, “Love others as much as you love yourself.” It has recently become fashionable for Christians to…
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Studies in Words
I recently read CS Lewis’ ‘Studies in Words‘ which was a fantastic challenge to my mind. I promised myself I would look up any words I was unfamiliar with because I am always challenged by Lewis’ precision with the English language, I was forced to look up a dozen words in the introduction alone. One…
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Biblical Church Leadership VI
This is the final installment of the Biblical Leadership series. If you haven’t read the previous installments please start with the original: Biblical Church Leadership I Objections Considered The initial objection that I have heard from several people with whom I have shared these thoughts is the idea that Timothy and Titus were the pastors…
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Through the Bible: Deuteronomy
This is a continuing series of my reading through the Bible in 2008. I am reading according to a chronological schedule found here: Chronological Bible Schedule. This week I noticed a few things in Deuteronomy that I found interesting and since these posts are just as much for me as they are for anyone else…
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Biblical Church Leadership V
This article is a continutation of my study on Biblical church leadership, if you haven’t started from the beginning I suggest you start there: Biblical Church Leadership I
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Biblical Church Leadership IV
The beginning of this series is found here: Biblical Leadership. Please start there if you haven’t read the previous posts in this series. This post will look into the role of the Deacons.
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Biblical Church Leadership III
Continuing my posts on Biblical Church Leadership let me again warn the new reader that this is a continuation and it is recommended that you begin with the original post to fully understand the content. WARNING: Up to this point most people will probably have been in agreement with the major thrust of this series,…