Josh Hunt's Blog, page 39
October 20, 2023
Disciplined by Grace
THE TITLE OF this chapter may seem like an oxymoron. Discipline may suggest restraint and legalism, rules and regulations, and a God who frowns on anyone who has fun. Grace, on the other hand, seems to mean freedom from any rules, spontaneous and unstructured living, and most of all a God who loves us unconditionally […]
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October 17, 2023
What is a just war?
The just war theory is an attempt to distill moral principles into guidelines relevant to warfare. The goal of the just war theory is to identify when it is morally acceptable to support a particular conflict. From a Christian standpoint, this means applying biblical ideas to create those practical standards. The theory of a “just […]
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October 16, 2023
Reaching the Reachable
Imagine your church were to send out two mission teams—one to the Philippines and one to Japan. In this hypothetical scenario, the team from the Philippines came back and reported 100 people had come to faith in Christ, while the team from Japan reported only 3 conversions. The next year you switch the teams, sending […]
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October 15, 2023
The Real Purpose of Leadership
Leadership in the church has little to do with prestige or position. The specific purpose of these leadership gifts is to equip the saints (Eph. 4:12)—i.e., all believers. Most people who have been brought up in the church assume that the pastor’s job is to do ministry. Even pastors and other leaders apply that mindset […]
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October 14, 2023
What is Hamas?
Hamas is a Palestinian nationalist group that seeks to eliminate the nation of Israel, replacing it with an Islamic state. Hamas is an acronym for Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, which in English translates to “Islamic Resistance Movement.” Hamas is a militant Muslim group that functions through several semi-independent branches, each focusing on a category such as […]
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October 11, 2023
Why there has to be a hell
Now let’s tackle that difficult issue of hell. People often ask, “What kind of a loving God would send people into a fiery hell?” That question is usually followed by, “If that’s how God is, I don’t want to know Him.” Let me give you a word picture that may help you understand this a […]
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October 9, 2023
Dechurching: who is leaving?
No group of people is immune from the Great Dechurching. The dechurched are almost evenly split between men and women (52 percent and 48 percent respectively). According to our study, Roman Catholics, Protestants, and those who identify as “other Christian” have all dechurched equally at 32 percent. In the Protestant tradition, Presbyterians lead the dechurching, […]
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October 8, 2023
How to listen well
Are you living at a conversational pace? And when you have a conversation, do you do more talking or listening? I’ve had people fly across the country to spend an hour with me, and I couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Trust me—I love hearing people’s stories. But I was left wondering why they wanted […]
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October 7, 2023
The death of denominations in America
One of the primary lenses through which demographers can track religious decline is through denominational records. Almost every large religious tradition has been tracking their total membership for decades as a means of understanding where churches are growing and where they are declining. Anyone who has been in church administration for a while knows that […]
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October 5, 2023
There is more to spiritual growth than trying hard to be good
LIVING BY GRACE means you are free from having to earn God’s blessings by your obedience or practice of spiritual disciplines. If you have trusted in Christ as your Savior, you are loved and accepted by God through the merit of Jesus, and you are blessed by God through the merit of Jesus. Nothing you […]
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