The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, so we gave way to it and let it drift on its own (Acts 27:15) When we are in a bad storm we may be afraid of where it will lead us, of what may happen to us. So we fight […]
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The apostle Paul was aware of public criticism and wrote these things: One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, (Titus 1:12-13 ESV) But working together, we also call
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In Autonomy of the Local Church we looked at how some Christians believe that a completely autonomous local church is the body of Christ. In its most adamant form this doctrine teaches that a person in that church needs no one outside of the local church for complete spiritual fulfillment. A parachurch ministry represents the
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If you have attended the same church since you were born, perhaps this isn’t an issue with you. Perhaps you don’t have a conflict with anything your church teaches. Some people say aren’t “doctrinally oriented” and don’t even see an issue here. Perhaps you believe what your church teaches about how they are the only
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I want to tell you a story about a young couple making a decision about which church to attend. Let’s call their names Frank and Meg. Meg has a friend Clare who has talked excitedly about her church. Frank is friends with Tom with whom he can talk about things like family and church. Both
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Our God is good. He loves us. He rewards us. He protects us. And contrary to what some claim his rules are for our good. David wrote this: The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The precepts of the LORD are
…to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion (emphasis added) by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: (Acts 1:3 ASV) Easter Sunday is the celebration of Jesus’ return to life. It is a glorious day in Christianity, everywhere celebrated
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Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take
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And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. (Luke 24:44 ASV) Jesus referred to the word of God as The
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One of the first stories in the gospels is the record of Jesus being tempted by the Devil. His famous response sets the example of how we are to live. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
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We are working on the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We are now on Matthew 6:13. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Lords Prayer 6 Audio (click link to hear audio, opens in new tab) And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the
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We are working on the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We are now on Matthew 6:12. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Lords Prayer 5 Audio (click link to hear audio, appears in new tab) And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our
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We are working on the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We are up to Matthew 6:11. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Lords Prayer 4 Audio (click link to hear audio, opens in new window) Give us this day our daily bread. (Matthew 6:11 EMTV) Here
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Praising the Lord is so important that I felt led to add a “Praise The Lord” section to each and every page. If you look in the right-hand column you’ll see it. If you refresh the page will see different Scripture quotes and references come up. I hope you enjoy this feature.
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We discussed in The Importance of Praise; Hezekiah Was Allowed To Live, At Least in Part, Because He Chose To Praise about Hezekiah’s deliverance because he was a praiser. We discussed in Speak Koine (Biblical) Greek 23 – The first part of the Lord’s Prayer is full of praise that when the Lord taught how
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Claims of original Christianity in practice today occur regularly. I recently saw one on the CBS show, 60 Minutes. According to the show, in a remote peninsula in northern Greece exists a place that some believe is the most sacred on earth, and the closest thing to original Christianity. In fact, Father Thedosios, a resident
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Paul writes in first Corinthians about the preeminence of the gift ministries in operation: And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:28 ASV) We can see that this was the actual practice by some
In the last post we talked about how important praise is, and that the prophet Isaiah said that man was made to praise God. The story of Hezekiah gives a great insight into the power of praise, how God rewards them that praise him. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
We have been working on the Lord’s Prayer. Here is what we have worked on so far: (Matthew 6:9b- 6:10 GNT) Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth, as it is in heaven. Play the link below to practice the whole section in
Speak Koine (Biblical) Greek 23 – The first part of the Lord’s Prayer is full of praise. Read More »
We are working on the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We started with the opening in Matthew 6:9b. The next piece was the three clauses from Matthew 6:9c, and Matthew 6:10a. Next we will work on the end of Matt 6:10. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to
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In the last lesson we looked at: Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done. (Matthew 6:9c-10a EMTV) In these lines we see two different Greek words for the English Word “the”. This is because there are nouns that are different genders. In fact, there are three genders, masculine, feminine, and neuter,
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We are working on the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We started with the opening in Matthew 6:9b. The next piece will be three clauses from Matthew 6:9c, and Matthew 6:10a. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Lords Prayer 2 Audio (click link to hear audio)
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When we are looking at the Koine Greek we can just look at an interlinear text to find its meaning. An interlinear will show the Greek with the English translation below each Greek word. For a lot of cases that is all we might want to do. Or, if we want to go more in-depth,
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In Speak Koine (Biblical) Greek 15 – Pronunciation 3 we looked at the rules for splitting words. In the Lord’s Prayer there are numerous multi-syllable words. In this lesson we will look at a number of them and put into practice what we learned in that lesson. Click here to hear the words: Splitting Words
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Our next project will be the Lord’s Prayer, one piece at a time. We will start with the opening in Matthew 6:9. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Lords Prayer 1 Audio (click link to hear audio) Our Father which art in heaven, (Matthew 6:9b) The koine Greek
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