Category: religion
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THEY WERE CALLED CHRISTIANS
Read essay: THEY WERE CALLED CHRISTIANSAs the missionary work among the Gentiles began in Acts 11, the followers of Christ began to be known by a new name—the name…
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Decisions Decisions Decisions
Read essay: Decisions Decisions DecisionsDecisions have to be made, but how do we go about making decisions? Typically, we don’t really deliberate about a decision. We tend to…
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The Temple Of The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
Read essay: The Temple Of The Holy Spirit in the New TestamentAs we look from Genesis to the New Testament, we see God dwells among his people, but sin breaks that fellowship. In the New…
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The Resurrection and the New Morality
Read essay: The Resurrection and the New MoralityHow does the resurrection shape morality? We have to remember that the resurrection is the beginning of the “παλιγγενεσίᾳ” we see in Matthew 19:28.…
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To You are Given the Keys of the Kingdom: How Royal Priests Work Together to Turn the Keys of the Kingdom
Read essay: To You are Given the Keys of the Kingdom: How Royal Priests Work Together to Turn the Keys of the KingdomI find that this will most often, to varying degrees, be true: elders want to do great things and the members want to…
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Human Dignity: Christological Anthropology, Human Worth, and the Dignified Life
Read essay: Human Dignity: Christological Anthropology, Human Worth, and the Dignified LifeWhatever happened to dignity? Perhaps, when we hear the word dignity, we conjure up some image of some overly dressed royal dignitary from a…
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When You Become Y’ALL: The Priesthood of All Believers
Read essay: When You Become Y’ALL: The Priesthood of All BelieversWhen God’s people come together, we are all important and we all have work to do. Each one of us is a royal priest.…
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The Stones
Read essay: The Stones1 Peter 2:4-5 says, “As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by God—you yourselves, as living stones,…
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Priesthood of Just Some Believers?
Read essay: Priesthood of Just Some Believers?When God’s people come together, we are all important and we all have work to do. Each one of us is a royal priest.…
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The Weight of the Church
Read essay: The Weight of the ChurchGod’s church finds her origin in the eternal mind of God and its perpetuity is further guaranteed the person of Christ. As Jonathan Edwards…
