The modern idea of church membership isn’t found in Scripture, but the admonition to live as members of the body of Christ is frequent and clear. Membership is simply our culture’s method of identifying with a particular group of believers with like-minded theology, who meet regularly and work together to carry out God’s commands and …
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What The World Needs Now Is Love {For Real}
When do you find out what someone really thinks of you? When is a person’s character revealed? I think all of us would agree that it is when things get difficult, that’s when we see what we’re made of and our true feelings about others come to light. One of God’s defining attributes is His …
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Read-Through-The-Bible [10.16.19]
Have you ever heard of the word “diaspora?” It’s often used specifically to refer to Jewish people, but it means simply the dispersion of any people from their original homeland. We’ve seen that many Jews returned to Palestine with Ezra and Nehemiah, but what about those who decided not to? For the next four hundred …
Baptism: A Reason To Celebrate
Growing up in the church has given me the privilege of seeing a lot of people baptized. I was baptized in the church “baptistry,” which was a large fiberglass pool set behind the choir, with water about three feet deep, with steps on each side. Since we were independent Baptists, this meant the women entered …
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