Have you ever asked why Christians go to Church and looked to Scripture for the answer? We're going to challenge the answers most often given today by looking to God's word to tell us why we're supposed to come together as Christians.
Is Your Church Christian or Christian-ish?
When you're visiting churches looking for a Christian home, how do you know if the church is really "Christian", or just "Christian-ish"?
Unity & Creeds
Are creeds effective guards against compromise and heresy in the Church? Are they useful for upholding essential Christian unity? Or do they simply distract Christians from the whole counsel of God and divide the Church along religious lines of human tradition and dogma? Let's talk about Creeds and Christian Unity!
Oneness of the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 4:4–6 (CSB) — 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. ~~~~~~~ Christian epistemology holds “oneness” in high esteem and depends …
Kanye West’s Conversion: Thinking Biblically
1 Timothy 2:1 (CSB) — 1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone... My first thought is that I know that Kanye West has been in the prayers of many Christians for a long time. They have interceded on his behalf for his salvation and prayed …
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The Cause of Spiritual Immaturity: 1st Corinthians 3:1-9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8LVQUZT-To&feature=youtu.be 1 Corinthians 3:1–4 (CSB) — 1 For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, …
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Body Envy: 1st Corinthians 12:12-20
1 Corinthians 12:12–20 (CSB) — 12 For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given …
Vision for Christian Life: Romans 12:1-21; 14:1-23
INTRODUCTION: Vision for Christian Life Opening Prayer: Ephesians 3:16–19 (CSB) — 16 I pray that he may grant [us], according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in [our] inner being through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in [our] hearts through faith. I pray that [we], being rooted …
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