13 hours ago by compassiondave

We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” Romans 15:1 ...

Jesus and Compassion - compassiondave.wordpress.com · 19 references

1 day ago by relevantedge

Think about this for a second…church services in ancient days, at least within some areas of the world, were toga parties. They were parties because it was church, which is worship, which should be exciting, right? You know, even now, with some modification in what is worn underneath, a number of cu ...

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1 day ago by darelina

A couple weeks ago, I was stimulated to truly study the Sabbath (seventh day), after reading a post from a friend of mine and her observance of the Sabbath. I must say I immediately had questions, but the first answers seemed lacking, almost flippant in their depth, rather than well thought out. So… ...

Simply Darelina - darelinagreen.wordpress.com

1 day ago by Dan Bowen

Sir Winston Churchill was making this statement against government - but it could just as easily apply to wrong and legalistic church leadership; "The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his pe ...

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2 days ago by qatharms

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Luke 6:27] Do you want to live in ruins? Recently, while watching a television program, I heard one of the characters say, “He ruined my life. He should pay.” She had been raped thirty years before, and it took a long time for the perpetrator to be b ...

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2 days ago by Sisterlisa

by Sisterlisa A blog I subscribe to, that I feel puts some things into a different perspective, is Reimagining the Church by Frank Viola. I find his articles to be healthy for the soul, as he brings up excellent points in re-examining scripture from a relational view point, rather than literally as ...

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3 days ago by Puritan

Brother Terry Rayburn at Grace For Life gives an excellent exhortation: The Harm Of Performance-Based Christianity. Listen to the audio HERE. Or read the transcipt HERE.

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3 days ago by Jeff Warren

At the heart of this wonderful passage in Luke 2 is God’s not-so-subtle announcement of His Arrival to a group of shepherds. It is possible to miss the significance of the shepherds. Behind the scenes of this story is a God who comes to the lowly, the broken, the sinful, those who didn’t make the [. ...

LiveForgiven - jeffwarren.wordpress.com · 5 references

3 days ago by ghiestand

We’ve been discussing the use of rules as a means of leading our children into lives of purity. Establishing firm guardrails without falling into legalism can be a tricky thing sometimes. It my previous post I suggested that we pattern our use of rule after God’s use of rules. So continuing from par ...

Raising Purity - raisingpurity.com · 3 references

3 days ago by endlessgrace

As I look around me at fellow Christians, I see different people doing different things in their (mostly sincere) desire to serve God and be pleasing to Him. Some have taken a vow to deny certain things of the world, to sacrifice worldly pleasure and gratification in a quest to obtain holiness and s ...

Endless Grace, by Jesse L. ... - endlessgrace.wordpress.com