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You Can’t be Both Pre-Trib and Calvinist
Published by Jeff, on July 30th, 2009 in Front Page, My Beliefs, Tough Questions.If you are a Calvinist:
- you believe that God has “elected” or “chosen” those who would be saved from before the foundation of the world.
- you believe that those whom God has chosen have been predestined to respond to the gospel when God woos them.
- you believe that salvation comes entirely without regard to human works or merit.
- you believe that “elect” and “true followers of Jesus” are two ways of describing only one group. » Click here to read the rest. «
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Apparently, with the legal pressure provided by pro-homosexual lobbies, there is a threat that churches will be liable to lawsuits for anti-homosexual practices unless our position on the issue is clearly stated in religious terms.
The recommendation is that we amend our statement of faith to describe our core convictions in this matter. Therefore, I’m putting here what I’m preparing to present to our church leadership on the matter. Your comments will be helpful. » Click here to read the rest. «
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God cares even if we don’t realize it
Published by Jeff, on June 12th, 2009 in Front Page, Spiritual Health.
This morning, I was reading in the Old Testament book of Leviticus, and I was in the chapters giving the regulations for what kind of animals are okay to eat, what to do about dead animals, and what to do with skin rashes.
It’s interesting to me to think that the people of old had no idea what germs and viruses were. They had no idea what parasites were, yet the commands God gave them were exactly what » Click here to read the rest. «
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What’s wrong with premarital sex?
Published by Jeff, on May 21st, 2009 in Front Page, Spiritual Health, Tough Questions, VIP.
What’s wrong with premarital sex?
One of the questions I get a lot is the question about sexual morality as it relates to the Bible, and it’s one I have thought a lot about as well considering that I do quite a bit of marital counseling and also considering that I’m a guy and I think about these issues myself!
Of course, the biggest question about sexual morality is whether the Bible actually prohibits premarital sex, and if it does prohibit it, why?
I’m going to try to answer that question simply from three angles: What does the Bible teach about sex? What effect does sex have on people? Where should the limits be drawn (i.e. what is the Biblical definition of “sex”)?
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Seven Keys to Biblical Prosperity (7)
Published by Jeff, on March 25th, 2009 in Front Page, Spiritual Health.This post is part of a series. You can read them all by clicking here
So far, we have considered these keys to biblical prosperity:
- Cultivate a Trust and Obey Perspective on the Bible
- Steward with Generosity
- Eliminate Greed
- Watch your Entourage
- Invest in People
- Keep Your Eyes Open for Spiritual Prosperity
We have finally come to the seventh key to biblical prosperity, and it is the hardest one for us to grab in our world today because our world is far more about getting rich quick than it is about slow patience, and the seventh key requires the greatest patience ever. » Click here to read the rest. «
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Seven Keys to Biblical Prosperity (5-6)
Published by Jeff, on March 12th, 2009 in Front Page, Spiritual Health.This post is part of a series. You can read them all by clicking here
So far, we have considered these keys to biblical prosperity:
- Cultivate a Trust and Obey Perspective on the Bible
- Steward with Generosity
- Eliminate Greed
- Watch your Entourage
Today, we move on to keys 5 and 6.
5. Invest in People
Three amazing passages in the Bible give us a perspective on using money to invest in people.
First, there is the passage that Paul wrote to the Corinthian church. For a while, Paul had taken up the cause of the Jerusalem church. There had been a famine and some economic hardship in the Jerusalem church, so Paul was making appeals to the churches he started to give aid to him so he could send it to the church in Jerusalem. Writing to the Corinthians about this offering, he says: » Click here to read the rest. «
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