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The Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil
All too often I feel that as Christians, we base our relationship with God on weather or not we were able to follow what we perceive to be His commandments. I know one of the things I used to do was to ask forgiveness of any sins that I may have committed, both knowingly or unknowingly, before I would...
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Is Grace a License To Sin?
Join us this week as we finally have another discussion with the star of American Missionary, Gregg Montella. He shares a little bit about the anti-human trafficking ministry work he’s doing in countries like Moldova, and then we get down to talking about the abundant love and grace of God.
Is grace...
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What Does It Really Mean To “Love Jesus”?
“I Love You, Lord…”
~Psalm 18.1
It’s a Friday night and five burning Gospel preachers are downtown to communicate and demonstrate the love of God to the lovers of this world. The smell of cigarettes, alcohol and perfumes mixed with the night air combined with the unique scent of cooling...
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The Immeasurable Riches of Christ & Witchcraft
Ephesians is probably my favorite book in the Bible. I love the passages on the power we have in “heavenly places.” Another favorite of mine is when Paul expounds upon our inheritance as saints. Likewise, I find the section on the five-fold ministry to be wonderful. Many consider this book to be...
Posted by
Stevie B on May 16, 2012 in
healing,
holiness,
repentance |
The attached photograph is of a matapalo, as it’s called in Spanish–which means ‘killing stick’. I keep a picture of one like this in my Bible that another missionary once gave me after he took a picture of it in Ecuador.
When I do a Google image search in English, I find something similar called a “Strangler Fig Tree” which is a name...
Posted by
Gamma on May 14, 2012 in
the podcast |
Join us this week as we finally have another discussion with the star of American Missionary, Gregg Montella. He shares a little bit about the anti-human trafficking ministry work he’s doing in countries like Moldova, and then we get down to talking about the abundant love and grace of God.
Is grace really a license to sin? Is it “sloppy agape”? Where...
All too often I feel that as Christians, we base our relationship with God on weather or not we were able to follow what we perceive to be His commandments. I know one of the things I used to do was to ask forgiveness of any sins that I may have committed, both knowingly or unknowingly, before I would proceed into my other “prayers.” It was a real difficult time...
Posted by
Gamma on Apr 30, 2012 in
revival,
the podcast |
This week we ask the question “revive what?”. What is revival and what is being revived? We cut through the buzz words and discuss what this is and what it looks like in the Scriptures. We get into asking these questions from the get go and dive into ‘outpouring’ versus discipleship. If a real outpouring happened, would we be ready? Would we...
At the most cataclysmic moment in all of history, time, and eternity, John the Baptist appeared on the scene. His was the arrival of a voice in a barren landscape starved for a transmission from heaven. His emerging was monumental and astronomical.
Why? Who was he anyway?
Is he this crazy guy we always imagine when someone rattles off dictations about him from pulpits?...
Posted by
Stevie B on Apr 24, 2012 in
biography,
Foundations,
revival |
“as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.” (Philippians 1:20, ESV)
Last Sunday night I got to share–in Spanish–to our Oikos community, the one that meets on Sunday nights in Mark and Anna Burgess’ house, out of...
Posted by
Gamma on Apr 2, 2012 in
christian life,
the podcast |
Join us this week for our podcast discussion with Mark Burgess, and Shaun Wissmann, both missionaries and serving in missional community in Chorrillos, Peru.
We shoot the breeze and discuss the differences between missional community and house churches. Is it just an alternative to “big churches?” What is a community on mission together? When the writer of...
Posted by
josh on Mar 22, 2012 in
christian life,
repentance |
I have recently been pondering the concept of indifference and the danger it is to us as believers. I honestly believe, generally speaking, that what is constantly pulling on the body of Christ is indifference towards God and His kingdom.
Indifference is defined as the following:
1.without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the...
Posted by
Gamma on Mar 20, 2012 in
the podcast |
Have you ever been told you’re in rebellion if you don’t obey your leaders? Have you ever been taught spiritual authority, that emphasized complicity with leaders for complicity’s sake alone because, “they’re above you?” Or, have you ever been told you need to be “under a spiritual covering” or curses from God will fall on...
Posted by
Gamma on Mar 13, 2012 in
the podcast |
We’re finally back for our first podcast together in several months. Join Dave Edwards and Steve Bremner as they discuss Matthew 18, and what Scripture says regarding how to deal with a fellow brother and excommunication. Why is the Church viewed as those who shoot their wounded rather than helping restore one another who are caught in a trespass?
With all the much...
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