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A Book I Recommed Every Church Have At Least 3 Copies of In Their New Disciple Library: A Stranger on the Road to Emmaus

Posted in Biblical Theology, Christian Education, Studying the Scriptures, tagged , , on November 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
Here is a link to the book
I don’t understand why I didn’t hear of this work earlier. Hutch pointed this to me a while back! Hutch I appreciate it. I have recommend this to a few people. But it is sort of a Biblical Theology or at least a Christ Centered approach to interpreting the [...]

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New CCW Book on Divorce and Remarriage

Posted in Christian Living, Current Issues, Discipleship, Family, Good Blogs, Great Ministries, Marriage, tagged , , , , on November 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »

The great ministry and even greater brothers at Christ Communicators Worldwide has announced the future release of what I believe to be a very proactive and critical issue. Marriage and Divorce. There are many reasons why, this is important, the primary one is what does Jesus say of remarriage and divorce! One of the biggest [...]

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All Old Testament Laws Cancelled: Book Review

Posted in Books, New Covenant Theology, tagged , , on November 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I think the first thing  a new disciple should ask themselves or be taught is “what am I to do with the Old Testament and all of those laws”. In some churches the Old Testament is used as an inspirational manual, in others certain laws are used to curb subjective morality (clothes, tattoos) in some [...]

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Lord, I am Trying to be a Good Christian, but Christians Keep Getting in the Way!

Posted in Books, Christian Living, Studying the Scriptures, tagged , on October 29, 2008 | 55 Comments »

I am reading “Paul’s Idea of Community” by Robert Banks on page 53. He quotes 1 Corinthians 1:4-8:

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but [...]

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A Quote From “Reimagining Church”: Worth It’s Weight In Gold

Posted in Books, Ecclesiology, tagged on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I just finished “Reimagining Church” and it is a jewel indeed. Here is a quote from the Chapter “Reimaging Leadership”. There are like 50 quotes worth their weight in gold.

In the Gentile world, leaders operate on the basis of a political, chain-of-command social structure-a graded hierarchy. In the kingdom of God, leadership flows from childlike [...]

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The Ekklesia Another Book Plug

Posted in Ecclesiology, tagged on August 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I read this book over a year ago. I reread it again with new lens during my anniversary while my wife rested. Just as the first time I read it I still recommend the book. However the editors actually have an update book which is called “House Church ~ Simple, Strategic, Scriptural” . The book simply [...]

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A Case for New Covenant Theology: A Couple of Resources

Posted in New Covenant Theology, tagged on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As you might know Tyris and I hold to something known as New Covenant Theology. Simply stated. There are two overarching covenants. The Old and the New. The first given at Sinai the other in Christ. Both ratified in blood. One gracious the other one not so much. One is obsolete (Hebrews 8-9) the other [...]

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