Why Do We Sing Psalm 1?
How many paths are there in life? Hundreds? Thousands? Millions?1?! What if told you there are only two?...
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Why Do We Sing Psalm 1?
How many paths are there in life? Hundreds? Thousands? Millions?1?! What if told you there are only two?...
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Stop Apologizing
The Bible never tells us to apologize. Seriously. It tells us to do something else....
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What Is a Psalm?
Why do we sing? Do musicians compose melodies only to aid us in memorizing words? Or does music also serve another purpose?...
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A Place Where You Belong (Church Membership, Part 6)
Some final thoughts on the practical need for local church membership....
The Case for the Local Church (Church Membership, Part 3)
As a Christian, I'm a member of the body of Christ. Why, then, do we talk about also being a member of a local church?...
Among You and Over You (Church Membership, Part 4)
When Scripture describes the role of elder, it uses language that cannot be understood without the idea of church membership....
Discipline Needs the Church (Church Membership, Part 5)
The way Scripture describes the discipline of sinners is only possible in the context of the local church....
The Church Within the Church (Church Membership, Part 2)
Is the church only those who are saved? Or is it everyone that shows up on a Sunday morning? The answer is somewhere in between, and it might be less black and white than we want....
A Farewell to Proof-Texting (Church Membership, Part 1)
Understanding how the Bible speaks of church membership requires a different way of using Scripture than we might be used to....
Crumbled Have Spires in Every Land
Church buildings are significant, but they are still only buildings. The true church exists elsewhere....
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Stop Apologizing
The Bible never tells us to apologize. Seriously. It tells us to do something else....
Keep ReadingShould I Go?
Should Christians attend homosexual weddings? The answer might not be a simple "yes" or "no."...
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What Is a Psalm?
Why do we sing? Do musicians compose melodies only to aid us in memorizing words? Or does music also serve another purpose?...
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A Place Where You Belong (Church Membership, Part 6)
Some final thoughts on the practical need for local church membership....
Keep ReadingThe Case for the Local Church (Church Membership, Part 3)
As a Christian, I'm a member of the body of Christ. Why, then, do we talk about also being a member of a local church?...
Keep ReadingAmong You and Over You (Church Membership, Part 4)
When Scripture describes the role of elder, it uses language that cannot be understood without the idea of church membership....
Keep ReadingDiscipline Needs the Church (Church Membership, Part 5)
The way Scripture describes the discipline of sinners is only possible in the context of the local church....
Keep ReadingThe Church Within the Church (Church Membership, Part 2)
Is the church only those who are saved? Or is it everyone that shows up on a Sunday morning? The answer is somewhere in between, and it might be less black and white than we want....
Keep ReadingA Farewell to Proof-Texting (Church Membership, Part 1)
Understanding how the Bible speaks of church membership requires a different way of using Scripture than we might be used to....
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