Is Church Discipline Biblical??? Should We Refuse Fellowship?

Aug 13

Okay, okay, okay. I know this is one of those sensitive topics, especially in America where people are not only not talked to and corrected about sin but when we employing all types of methodologies just to get people to come in the building vs watching the football game or doing yard work. So let me first answer the question and then move into the discussion....

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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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The Book Of Eli: When Movies Should Be Sermons

Mar 15

If you have not seen the movie, this will not be a spoiler. This is just a perspective that I would like to share about a movie that has moved me in light of the message of Jesus. The Book of Eli is about a man name Eli who is traveling to take a very important book somewhere West. Often times he has to kill to protect it. Other times he ignores gross atrocities so...

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Truth A Reason To Checkout?

Feb 19

Alan Knox said this to a response: There are only two options (the way we treat other Christians): 1) I treat someone as a brother or sister, or 2) I treat someone as if they are not a brother or sister. Unfortunately, denominationalism tends to teach a “middle ground” where we accept that someone is a child of God, but we don’t have to treat that person (or...

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How Sin Handicaps the Body

Feb 11

“It’s none of your business”! This is a statement that should never leave the mouth of someone who names Christ. Actually everything we do is one another’s business (now there may be some information not worthy of sharing and you know what I mean). We Are More Than Family, We Have Fellowship The way the writers of the New Testament use the...

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Divorce and the Gospel

Jan 28

My good brother Hutch brought out some reflection in me on his comment on another post. Here is a dialogue he had with someone: I once confronted a “Christian” couple who were getting a divorce with this: Have you ever considered being Christlike and forgiving your spouse? But you don’t know what they have done! What about not being a unmerciful servant and...

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