Tag: protestant
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Ministry Monday: Pastors as Helpers, not Heads
No, Your Pastor Isn’t the Leader of Your Church In our human nature, filled with sin, we are very prone to pride, even in ministry. Really in everything we do. You’ve heard the song, “Everybody wants to rule the world.” Such a statement is so true from our natural human hearts–before Christ redeems us, gives…
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Pastors as Helpers, Not Heads
No, Your Pastor Isn’t the Leader of Your Church In our human nature, filled with sin, we are very prone to pride, even in ministry. Really in everything we do. You’ve heard the song, “Everybody wants to rule the world.” Such a statement is so true from our natural human hearts–before Christ redeems us, gives…
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Why is the Apocrypha included in the Roman Catholic Bible but not in the Protestant Bible?
Submit your questions using the contact form, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. The Apocrypha, a word meaning “secret writings,” is a collection if intertestamental works (written between the Old and New Testaments of the Bible) that were not included in the Hebrew Old Testament and do not meet the criterion for the New Testament.…
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What is Righteousness?
Before I willingly surrendered my life to Christ at fifteen years of age, I don’t know that I would describe myself as an atheist. Perhaps I was more of a deist. I probably believed that there was a god, but I had no interest at all in really knowing that god or worshipping that god.…
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What is Faith, Really?
This week, we get to begin our study of Paul’s letter to the Romans. This letter presents us with a holistic view of the Christian faith. It is an umbrella commentary on the Old Testament, observing Christ in light of the Old Testament, a proclamation of the Gospel, and a brief application of that Gospel…