Tag: gossip
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Daily Devotional: Romans 1:18-32
Paul explains why he is unashamed of the gospel. “For” in the English translations can most often also be translated, “because.” Paul is unashamed of the gospel because the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. So, we cannot begin at verse…
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How Church Should Feel
In the local church at Corinth, there was much gossip (probably secret or ambush meetings), divisions, inflated disagreements about politics, and people who were living in sin and causing division were being elevated over those who tried to honor Christ with their lives. All too often, local church environments today are as terrible or worse–even…
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Foul Mouths and Jesus’s Message
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is a lie. Words have, many times, done more damage than sticks and stones. There are some major sins that have to do with our words. As we have walked through the story in 1 Samuel the last couple of weeks, we…
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What Our Complaints Reveal About Us
Last week, we saw Samuel anoint Saul with oil. We saw God’s confirming signs on Saul’s life as God’s Holy Spirit moved him to sing with the singing prophets. We learned what God desires musically from His people. We also saw that Saul kept God’s anointing of himself and the powerful work of God’s Holy…
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So, What Is Gossip?
Submit your questions using the contact form, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. We know that gossip is wrong. We know that it is best for us not to participate in gossip, listening to it or ourselves speaking it. Gossip causes conflict and, in most cases, is not accurate information. One of our church members approached…
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God’s Structure for Ministry
Previously, we began discussing together the structure that God has for His people both in the Old Testament and in the New. We have discovered that God is building a kingdom of priests, where every believer is a priest. From that kingdom, God calls out positional priests (the pastors, elders, overseers, and bishops of the…
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Avoiding Misconceptions About God (and people)
As many of you know, my opinion of the church as I was growing up was not very good. My thought was that anything church related was a joke, and some of that had to do with some misconceptions that the world might have about God: God doesn’t want us to have any fun or…