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December 15, 2022
What does the Bible teach about money?
So in his brief note of encouragement in chapter 16, we can discover several important principles of stewardship. The principle of consistency. “On the first day of the week” (v. 2) provides the first evidence that first-century Christians worshipped together on the first day as a weekly celebration of the resurrection of the Lord (cp. […]
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December 14, 2022
The Poison of Legalism
Legalism is a silent killer. Like carbon monoxide, it is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and has the power to lull the mind into a deep sleep from which it will never emerge. So, I never recommend a person remain in a place where the poison of legalism has displaced the fresh air of grace. One individual […]
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December 13, 2022
The law of habit
The vast majority of what we do is simply habit. We either pray or not as a function of habit. We read our Bibles or not as a function of habit. We go to church or not as a function of habit. The writer of Hebrews warned that some people had gotten out of […]
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December 12, 2022
Swaddled in God’s Love
She brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger. —Luke 2:7 We never outgrow our need for spiritual, psychological, emotional, and physical security, do we? Consider a newborn. In Jesus’ day, parents used swaddling cloths to wrap rather tightly around their newborns to help ease the […]
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December 11, 2022
Transformed in community
Imagine a man who read the Bible for an hour a day. Imagine he spent another hour a day memorizing scripture. Imagine he listened to sound Christian teaching on the way to and from work. Imagine he listened to sound Christian teaching on TV at home in the evening instead of watching sit-coms and the […]
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December 8, 2022
The law of talk
A tool I sometimes use in teaching is to misquote a verse and see if people can catch me. Let’s try it here. Let me misquote a verse. See if you can catch the mistake: Instead, hearing the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who […]
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The teacher as shepherd
Jesus asked Peter three times, “Do you love Me?” Three times he followed up with, “Feed My sheep,” or, “Take care of My sheep.” There has been a great deal made over the subtlety of the underlying Greek word for love: agape or phileo. I don’t think Jesus’ point had to do with the difference […]
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December 5, 2022
Is Tithing New Testament?
I have always been surprised that people who claim to be followers of Christ attempt to use Scripture, taken out of context, to avoid the obvious implication of the teaching of biblical principles. Over the years I have encountered people who wanted to argue that tithing was a matter of legalism and thus inappropriate for […]
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December 3, 2022
The Law of Worship
What is discipleship, anyway? There could be a number of answers to this question, but central to what it means is that Jesus becomes Lord of my life in daily practice. James Smith defines it this way: In short, if you are what you love, and love is a habit, then discipleship is a rehabituation […]
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December 2, 2022
Which translation is the most literal?
No translation is a truly literal translation. There is just no such thing. But some are more literal, more formal equivalent than others. Differences are a matter of degree. Now here you can see some of the most common translations available today. Formal equivalent versions would be versions like the King James Version, the New […]
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