Tag: about church
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Do You Wear Pressed Clothes Over Rotting Flesh?
Jesus is sending His apostles (missionaries) on their first short-term mission trip. He finishes His instruction in the final portion of Matthew 10. In this portion of Christ’s instruction, He warns His apostles about the world’s state of affairs and the nature of preaching the true Gospel in such a world. Though the explicit context…
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Tobit- Religion That Causes Despair
Tobit 8:4-21 When Sarah’s parents leave, Tobias instructs Sarah to get out of bed and pray with him. Their prayer is exactly the type of prayer we see condemned throughout Scripture. Tobias and Sarah bargain with God. They are concerned about their own wills rather than God’s. They try to persuade God to be a…