Church Discipline: Let’s Talk About It

I get it.  I really do. Awkwardness….uncomfortable situations…the probability that someone will get upset at you…the potential loss of friendship…all of that and more is part of the package you unwrap when you go to a brother or sister in Christ who is “caught in any transgression” and tell them, no matter how lovingly and kindly you try to do say it, that they are sinning and they need to repent (Gal. 6:1; cf. Matt. 18:15; James 5:19-20).… Read More Church Discipline: Let’s Talk About It

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“I Have Trusted In Your Steadfast Love”

Have you ever felt like your problems were going to last forever and would never stop?  Have you ever felt like God either didn’t know about what you were going through or didn’t care?  Have you ever wanted to get up and move forward, but you felt like the hardships and burdens of life, as well as the thorns in your side, just kept pushing you back down over and over again?… Read More “I Have Trusted In Your Steadfast Love”

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Zechariah: The Tents of Judah

People who live in tents generally are not as well off as people who live in houses in the city.  Most of the religious elite rejected the gospel, although not all did (cf. John 12:42; Acts 6:7).  There were some in the higher stations of life who became faithful Christians like Cornelius, Lydia, and Philemon.  However, as Paul later described, those most receptive to the gospel who generally tended to be first to obey were not “wise according to worldly standards,” nor “powerful” or “of noble birth” (1 Cor. 1:26; cf. Matt. 11:25; Mk. 12:37).  Yet regardless of one’s financial or social status, within the church we are “all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28).… Read More Zechariah: The Tents of Judah

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