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… for new people to take on the mantle of leadership at our church (I’m excited we will have an almost entirely female … as an Elder, I asked for prayer for myself, for our church leadership, and for the leaders of every church. I’ve … for the widow, orphan and stranger. That is known as safe and hospitable to the outsider. Whatever it looks like, …
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… It’s safe to say that for many people in Western society, the last … true during conversations with people in and outside the church. My speculation is the result of some soft evidence … brother or sister in faith. God is at work, reminding the church that his word is living and active. There is …
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… Scripture: Numbers 6:22-27 Dear church family, You hear pastors say it all the time. Some of … are supposed to care for us and protect us and keep us safe. And when the Lord says keep Sabbath, he does that for … can live and prosper under God’s care, like sheep can live safely in a corral their shepherd builds for them. This is …
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… with our neighbors, our spouses and other people in the church. For another thing, Peter is very rational. Whenever … that it’s up to God. “If it’s God’s will, we’ll get there safely,” he said. “If it is God will, we’ll crash and die. … lion, ready to devour any prey that comes its way. It’s safe to say that few of us have experience with predators …
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… resettlement program that knits together aide agencies, church efforts, and the cooperation of governments brought Sabby to the United States. A little church Christian Reformed church cobbled together the money … They needed shots and medical attention. They needed safe strong consistent schools. They needed a stable …
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… Window to a Lost World An elder member of our church community discovered a booklet produced by our … bring. Some of the appeals of the brochure continue to be safe and assumed attractions for the church and culture … kind of “same but different” experience can be seen in my church’s old brochure . A lot has surely changed, and more …
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… that time he’d learned a lot. He could operate a forklift safely, unload a trailer of steel and stack the bundles of … machines, how to sharpen a drill bit, how to stay safe and still be productive. And Tom didn’t even mind that. … kingdom aren’t quite fair? There are some people in the church who work hard, who have always been willing to put the …
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… in the apostle’s lives and the phenomenal growth of the Church. Acts 4:33 summarizes everything up until our text … mocked by human sin! Lest we begin to think that God is safe, that we can treat him as less than what he has revealed …
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… come together. It breaks; it decays; it perishes. But the church lives in Christ. That death and resurrection of long … without holding fast to Christ the head of the body the church, who is source of all life and safety. When we turn to … handles! Our life is over there with God — imperishable, safe. But that does not mean we need no warnings. Col.2:8 …
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… for Protestant Christians of which the Christian Reformed Church members are. In the Protestant Reformation of the … to today and among the children of the reformation, churches like the Christian Reformed Church whose spiritual …
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… Nothing probably creates more division and derision among church members than a throw down between those who want a … vision that he has seen. We need to know that God is not safe, but God is good. Contrary to what some people might …
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… are different. Fairness, participation, human dignity and safe places (security) become more important. But here too, … a gift and not a hazard. Unfortunately many have found church to be a hazard. Instead of a place to mature, it is … we demand conformity to our vision and control of lives in church. Freedom is lost in the new order of our making. This …