Bible Q&A: How Were the Continents Shaped in the Beginning of Time?

How were the continents shaped in the beginning of time? In the beginning, the earth was without form, void, and there was nothing but water (Gen. 1:2). Then on the third day of creation, God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear” (Gen.… Read More Bible Q&A: How Were the Continents Shaped in the Beginning of Time?

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The Importance of a Spiritual Education

Our children will have received around 16,800 hours of secular education in 12 years by going to school 7 hours a day, five days a week, 10 months out of the year.  This will help them get ahead in this world…but then they will leave this world.  Will they be prepared for the next?  Not if we give them only 1-4 hours a week of spiritual education in the church building.  12 years of that will give them only 1,248 hours of biblical doctrine before they leave the nest.  Statistically, many children these days leave the church never to return once they leave the home.  There’s a reason for that.… Read More The Importance of a Spiritual Education

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Equipping the Saints for the Work of Service

By growing stronger spiritually, Paul told the Ephesians that they would “attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God.”  He told them they would become “mature” and reach “the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”  In other words, they would grow more complete spiritually as they became more united by the faith and knowledge of Jesus which comes only from learning and obeying Scripture, and thus have a portion of the spiritual adulthood (“the measure of the stature”) which God wishes for His Son’s church (“the fullness of Christ,” cf. Eph. 1:22-23).  The same can be true of us here at East Main. … Read More Equipping the Saints for the Work of Service

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