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Contending Earnestly for the Faith - by study and by practice!
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Discussion on why music is often controversial in the local church.
The history of music throughout the Bible and why it is important to God's people.
Key verses that discuss a Christian's responsibility to sing: Col. 3:16, Eph. 5:18-21.
How pastors and worship leaders can cultivate unity in the church through honest conversation and creating a Biblical model of singing.
How saints can contribute to unity by being thankful instead of grumbling.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
For many, the return to school brings structure and schedule back to families after a summer of vacations, sleeping in, and "lazing around." Here's a challenge for both parents and students to also get back to a schedule of being disciplined and intentional about spiritual growth and the process of sanctification.
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
A review of what I (and 9000 others!) have been doing the last 4 days in Nashville, TN.
Much thanks to Keith and Kristyn Getty for their vision to encourage theologically rich congregational singing and their efforts to write hymns that aim for that goal. They have challenged a new (next?) generation of believers to consider the importance of singing hymns, both in corporate worship and in worship in the home.
Our church has worked hard to incorporate these same ideas over the half-dozen years or so and we believe we've benefited as a local body from this renewed emphasis. You can visit us at www.gbchapel.org.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
I'm on vacation this week, but I recorded this episode before I left. What the Christian community is witnessing with Joshua Harris' renunciation of Christianity produces both sorrow, frustration, fear, anger, and sadness all at the same time. Mostly, we fear for his soul, for we know that the warning passages in Hebrews indicate that one who has "tasted and seen and experienced the good gift of God" and then falls away cannot return again.
What I intended to record was 15 minutes or so on my brief thoughts - but then...well, you know what happens to pastors!
Email me your thoughts at mrjed2007@gmail.com. May you be blessed!
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Orthodoxy: believing a group of doctrines that have been well-established through careful study and exegesis of the Holy Scriptures.
Orthopraxy: doing the doctrines that one believes in or, put another way, faithful practice of the truths one claims to believe.
Both are essential to a Christ-honoring life and testimony.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Here's how you can support church planter Bryan Maley:
Check out the Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International.
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
I have the opportunity to interview my good friend, fellow pastor, and church planter Craig Noyes.
Check out his service to Christ's church at https://newfields.wordpress.com.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
How Christians manipulate the truth to create false ideas about what actions Jesus would and wouldn't approve.
Satan's role in manipulating truth and manipulating Christians to blend truth and lies.
Truth detached from a fixed point - a figurative "mooring" to keep it from floating away.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
The concept of "true-truth" was introduced and explained by Francis Schaeffer in the 1970s to provide a foundation for discussion and dialogue with the "modern-man." Today, we recognize that the "modern-man" is really an individual who has been shaped by post-modern philosophies, especially deconstructionism and Hegelian dialectic theory.
How do these philosophies play out in culture? Most people can't identify the big idea, but they can see the end result - current marketing campaigns such as "You do you" are a perfect example of deconstructionism.
What does this mean for the average believer or unbeliever? The discussion focuses on presuppositions and truth foundations and their practice in everyday life.