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A New Season: NAMB, Los Angeles, Bible Reading with Church fam, and Intern Discussion
God has me and our church in a new season of life. We have a plurality of pastors and seek to merely continue sharing our lives to make God known. By God’s grace alone we have completed our church revitalization. … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Ethnocentrism from the angle of unintentionality in Genesis 20.1-7
Genesis 20.1-7 1 From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, 2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah … Continue reading
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Old Testament Allusions in Matthew 3.16-17
I preached on Matthew 3.13-17 and made a chart of Old Testament allusions in Matthew 3.16-17. I post this here for my church family and others who hear the message, though I imagine others who are working on Matthew 3.16-17 … Continue reading
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Pastors Need to Connect to Groups of other Pastors
Pastors need other pastors for encouragement. There are 3 types of local pastoral groups I want to identify: household pastoral groups, big-tent pastoral groups, and tribal pastoral groups. Household pastoral groups: If you only hang out with your church pastors … Continue reading
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I have moved and now post new articles and resources at gospelize.me
I have moved and now post new articles and resources at gospelize.me I am a Christian, I was saved in 1989. I am a husband who is happily married since June 25, 2005. I am a father to 1 son and 3 … Continue reading
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A Simple Question Every Professing Christian Who is not a Member of a Church Needs to Answer
Hebrews 13:17 says, “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would … Continue reading
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We’re in the last hour (and have been since the 1st century)
In these two passages cited below, the first one written almost 600 years before Jesus and the second written about 60 years after Jesus died and rose from the dead, we have the prediction/prophecy of false teaching and many in … Continue reading
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Should Couples Write their own Wedding Vows?
“One of the most controversial things I do… is when I tell a couple, ‘You can’t write your marriage vows.’ … The reason I do it is because there is an assumption underneath that that my marriage is my thing… … Continue reading
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A Word from God in our Gender Confused Day
I just saw an article entitled, “The Beautiful Trend Caitlyn Jenner Has Inspired” on Yahoo.com Deuteronomy 22:5 “A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does … Continue reading
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