Category: Christian Service
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Divorce and Christian Service Part 11
Conclusion Before Admonition – Divorce and Christian Service Divorce and Christian Service: Therefore, the teaching I’ve received over the years that one qualification (attribute, characteristic) is more important than the others is heresy. However, the IFB churches I’ve been involved with over the years are wrong. They raise divorce to lofty heights of disqualification without…
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Taking A Stand
Martin Luther: “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason – I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other – my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor…
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Divorce and Christian Service Part 10
A Few Points To Consider.. Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That…
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Divorce and Christian Service Part 9
God’s Call, Your Call, or the Church’s Call? Part 2 I fear that some evangelists, pastors, and teachers that have been called and doing the work for years and years have grasped on to the coat-tail of a high brow and well-known figure in the IFB. They feel that they have “arrived” since they have seen…
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Rouse, then, soldiers! Rally round the banner!
I was told many years ago that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. 4 key phrases in the following verses that should call your Spirit to action. 1 Samuel 17:29 – And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 2 Samuel 12:7 – And Nathan said to David, Thou art…
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Divorce & Christian Service Part 8
God’s Call, Your Call, or the Church’s Call? Part 1 Many times, IFB churches make it so obvious that autonomy and indigenous, as it relates to the call of God on a church member’s life, is under their complete control. This begs the question of “who’s call is it anyway?” It’s so unfortunate that IFB…
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Ordination Procedure
Ordination Procedure – I just want to make a couple of comments about the below excerpt from a local IFB church’s “articles of faith.” The IFB church conducts themselves as if they have ecclesiastical power to confer. Keep this in mind before proceeding: 1 Timothy 1:12 “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath…
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Baptist Restoration
Baptist Restoration – Without a lesson on the satanic calvinist teaching, I want to draw one comparison to Baptist forgiveness and restoration. “Calvinism teaches that before any humans were born, God picked out which of us would spend eternity with Him and which ones would end up in eternal conscious torment. That’s about as clear…
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Divorce & Christian Service Part 7
Disregard Man’s View; Follow God’s Call Part 2 Romans12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Shame on…
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Call With A Burden Part 2
In my previous post, Part 1, I mentioned this: “The burden of the call I consider is enveloped with this thought, where are those that once attended church?” This primary thought still is a driving premise for planting a church. So, today, I stepped out with a purpose in search of a church building. I met…