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… or your husband or wife or some proud people in your church or circle of friends. I’m talking to you. And if you … affair with another woman was a sin. He believed that the church’s judgement was out of line with what Jesus says here: … make judgements about all kinds of things… Like if it is safe to cross the street, or what time is a good time to get …
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… many pastors does it take to change a Christian Reformed church? The best and right answer is probably “None.” But … and phone--women and men, in Canada and the USA, from churches large and small, some recent church plants, others … Peer Learning Groups sponsored by the Christian Reformed Church’s program of Sustaining Pastoral Excellence . Those …
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… towns.’ “The next servant said, ‘Master, here’s your money safe and sound. I kept it hidden in the cellar. To tell you … (7 or 8 years old) and had to read these Q & A’s in our church and one was all about sin in our lives and it was … going to do with that $50? Your life? I mean, that was the church’s money, just so you all know….which means that it was …
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… the door closed. We would stay inside where we would be safe from sin's effects. But sin is a sly creature that crouches at our door so that when we think it is safe to go outside it jumps up and catches us unaware. It … accountable so that people say, "Hey, I missed you in church last week." Or they say, "I saw where you were the …
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… and they can seem very futile. Probably every one in this church right now has fewer decades than they have fingers and … so that they could be free. - He had blessed them with safe passage through the Red Sea. - He had given them manna … day, the only place we can turn to in order to be truly safe and at rest is the Lord. There is no one else who can …
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… when we are united to Christ and all his gifts (Reformed Church in America liturgy; Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day … Self are a great help. Faithwalking is a wonderful and safe place to learn about yourself and deal with anxiety. The Reformed Church in America has a program with Pine Rest that provides …
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… Now it is to hold back, hold on, and play it safe. I don’t like that. I want to live the rest of my days … He journeys farther away from everything that is sure and safe. Elijah is to go to Zarephath. How will Elijah get help … after all. Can’t God do something? Shouldn’t the church do something for me? Shouldn’t the pastor have the …
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… Creek and Saddleback trying to figure out how to “create a safe place to hear a dangerous message.” It wasn’t just … seeker methodology we were mining. We were exploring cell churches, house churches, multi-site churches, and just about … business methodology was cutting edge and made pastors and church leaders suspicious of their theology. For many of us, …
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… of “diaconate”, it read “family”, “couple”, or even “church”. It’s safe to assume that most of us have heard about the ‘reasons …
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… the Most High God. Obeying this command would keep them safe in Babylon, but they’d be breaking God’s first … against Babylon. This was the same issue facing the early church in the Roman Empire. We read in Acts that the people …
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… be similar to a library full of other books. But then the church has nothing exciting to believe, and nothing exciting … are vulnerable. Lord, protect our children, keep them safe, and may they prosper. That's the prayer in our hearts. … from God in this way. For isn't it true that many churches also have fallen on hard times? Many congregations …
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… this story? Polycarp was a member and the bishop of the church of Smyrna. This is the second church addressed in the … that were not prosperous, not respected, and not very safe. Each day they had to live by faith. Yes, each day … who stood in the middle of the seven lampstands, the seven churches, when identifying himself with this particular local …