Tag: Christians
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Rethinking Church
Rethinking Church – Message by Dr. Ed DeVries
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Pastors and Sheep
Pastors and Sheep – I’ve heard over most of my church attendance life about how stupid sheep are, maybe that’s the problem in our churches – Pastors believe that the sheep are stupid and can’t traverse spirituality without them! Frankly, the sheep are spiritually adaptable – they will follow the one who provides safety, sustenance…
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White House Clown
White House Clown – The clown in the White House just brokered four Middle East Peace Accords, something that 71 years of political intervention and endless war failed to produce. The buffoon in the White House is the first president that has not engaged us in a foreign war since Eisenhower. The clown in the…
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Preach
Preach – It’s extremely important that our churches understand this point: You cannot hide behind your tax exemption and 501c3 as protection for speaking out against the government. Therefore, as a Pastor, I will preach about the home, church, and the government. In addition, I will tell the church who the political threats are, and…
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Baptists–Same or Different
Same or different — While researching a topic, I ran across some thoughts about the IFB church that rang loudly within my being. This isn’t a ringing of something exciting and new but of remembrance and concern. The IFB church is not a denomination, as we’d agree. The IFB church is an autonomous, local, and…
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Spiritual Separation or Preference
Spiritual Separation or Preference? It is of great concern that our churches are filled with preaching based on preference. That is, a pastor, deacon, evangelist, or teacher may interfere with the autonomy of a home by pushing their preference instead of what is clearly supported by God’s Word. Furthermore, the personal preferences of a church…
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Church and Corona
This is a very short post, but it contains a very important message for the local church and the coronaVirus Are you a local church that is a “state” church or a non-state church? – You are a state church if – You have articles of incorporation from the state You run your church with…
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Mature Christians
Maturity isn’t perfection but the realization of imperfection Mature Christians – “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 Mature Christians Should: Manifest a forgiving spirit: Ephesians 4:32…
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Such As Keep
Such As Keep – Sometimes as Christians we overlook the obvious in God’s Word, as this allows us to protect what we “think we know.” However, the phrase in Psalm 25:10 “unto such as keep” was raised up from the page by the Holy Spirit. The whole verse says this, “All the paths of the LORD [are]…
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Us 4 And No More
One of the phrases I heard as a kid was “us four and no more.”