Building a Biblical Theology
Comfort, here to mean complacency, is one thing people really enjoy but God hates. Yet, many local churches strive to gain or keep congregants by making people comfortable. We do this by teaching easy things, neglecting accountability, offering entertaining programs, playing politics based on human preferences, offering ways for people to be righteous, and appealing... Continue Reading →
In the previous passage, we read Jesus’s letter through John to dead local churches. In this passage, we read Jesus’s letter through John to healthy local churches. Simply because a church is healthy or a believer is mature in the faith does not mean God has nothing more to say to that local church or... Continue Reading →
I have said it before, and I still believe it to be true. The local church we choose to attend matters. In this section of John’s Revelation, John has been addressing seven particular local churches. His addresses apply to Christ’s complete church. In the previous four addresses, Jesus spoke through John concerning sound doctrine and... Continue Reading →
Throughout the day, I drink quite a bit of coffee. It is because of me that we had to move away from k-cups in the office. We bought those little single-cup filters that fit into a Keurig. Sometimes my coffee sits in one place too long and I am not pleased when I take a... Continue Reading →
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