Sanctification: Nothing In Ourselves

Apr 22

Here’s a quote I absoloutely loved by Ed Ross: Now, please hear this: Our present pursuit of sanctification unto holiness has nothing to do with our ‘becoming’ anything in ourselves. If we are in Christ, our perfection and glory is already certain. The Father already loves us with the same love, and to the same extent, that He loves Jesus (John 17:23, 26)!...

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“Listen To Him” Not Moses

Apr 21

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world This section of scripture is foundational to our understanding of the New Covenant. To be honest the entire book of Hebrews is, but this section is...

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The Carrot And Stick Gospel: When Grace Is Not Enough

Mar 22

Grace is the word that separates Christianity from every other religion. There has been stories of the resurrection (See the story of Osiris) there has been stories about the gods coming down; however, no religion has a God stepping down in human flesh and bearing His own wrath on the behalf of others to reconcile human and God forever. Christianity is the only...

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Submitted To All Under the Authority of Christ

Feb 18

Here is a post from Aug 2008. I wrote this post after wrestling with leadership and so forth. This is where my paradigm for leadership really began to sink in and I became more and more convinced that the way leadership functions in Christianity today may not be the way it was intended...

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Loving The Church Without All of the Organizational Trappings

Feb 15

I want to approach this post from an apologetic perspective. There is a common misconception held about those who don’t agree with the popular church culture. That misconception is that because some reject the organization commonly known as the “church” that somehow those same individuals don’t love or care for the “church”. I...

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What’s With Paul And Women: Unlocking the Cultural Background of 1 Timothy 2

Feb 14

Jon Zens has decided to write a book addressing the contervesial women and the church issue that has been argued greatly but especially recently. I had the privellage of reading some earlier manuscript work and can’t wait to see the published version of it. No matter where you fall on the issue, I think it should be read, for us who have struggled with the...

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