Tag: true christianity
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Cheers! A Response to P31 Momma and The Church at Sunsites
Normally, I would respond to someone privately, even if their comments were as public as yours. Scripture teaches us to, if we see sin in a brother or sister that needs to be addressed, go to them in private to share our concerns. Instead, you posted some very public and hateful comments on the YouTube…
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An Easy Way to Discern False Teaching
The Pharisees and Sadducees asked for a sign from heaven, or a sign that the kingdom of heaven was truly at hand. They were asking for a sign of the end-times; Jesus, though He seemed to agree that the signs should accompany the coming of the kingdom, called them a wicked and adulterous generation because…
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No, You Don’t Have to Measure Up
In the previous section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), we saw that Jesus addressed six popular teachings that were contrary to the actual message of the Old Testament after committing verbally to remaining faithful to the Old Testament Scriptures. The major way in which the Old Testament was misused, according to Jesus’…
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Debunking the Gospel of Personal Victory
I have known Jesus since I was fifteen. I have been seriously studying His word since I was twenty. I mean more than simply reading or hearing someone talk about it on Sunday morning. What I mean by seriously studying is that I began to try to really understand what God had written through these…
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True Christianity is Something Different Than You Might Expect
I was going to start this lesson by stating that this section of Jesus’ sermon is the most important part! I feel like that each week with the passage we are learning. The truth is that every word, verse, passage, and section of Scripture is just as important and necessary as what came before and…
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Church(ish)- New Book Now Available!
The story is too familiar. You visit a church and everyone is nice, but no one seems to truly care. The people wear masks of righteousness only to, after you have committed yourself, remove those masks to reveal the face of a horrid witch-like creature. Or, perhaps, a different mask is worn: a mask…
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The Christian Message, Condemnation or Peace?
This last week, there was another school shooting. In the aftermath of the school shooting, we heard and read many opinions about what ought to be done. We also heard many people condemning those who disagree with them. Any shooting, in fact, any death, is a tragedy and we ought to keep the families of…