Tag: Christianity
Sabbatum Excerpt: Ps. John Piper’s Plea to Pastors in his Book, “Brothers, We are not Professionals”
We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry. The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of…
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Three Major Themes in the Gospel of Matthew
In the previous post, I mentioned that the Gospel of Matthew has a special Jewish flavor in its contents and characteristics, since…
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Sabbatum Excerpt: A Grace-Awakened Approach to Mission by George Verwer
There is such a need for this grace-awakened, big-hearted approach in mission work. There are so many areas where a lack of…
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Biblical Nuggets: Inscription from Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Hezekiah, king of Judah, fortified Jerusalem at the end of the 8th century BC, just before the invasion of Sennacherib. As part…
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Biblical Nuggets: Herod’s Temple on the Temple Mount
King Herod the Great began renovations on the Temple in approximately 20–19 BC. The entire temple expansion, including the massive Temple Mount,…
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Sabbatum Excerpt: Jesus’ Disciples Sincerely Believed Jesus Rose from the Dead and Appeared to Them
Today's excerpt is related to the resurrection of Jesus. When you refute the resurrection of Jesus Christ, you also have a burden…
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Friday Phraseology: Liberalism
Liberalism (theological): Movement in Protestant *theology since the nineteenth century that is dominated by the goal of modifying Christianity so as to…
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Biblical Nuggets: The Belt of Truth – An Armor of God
In his Epistle to the church in Ephesus, Apostle Paul exhorts the church to be fully armored with spiritual weapons to fight…
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Sabbatum Excerpt: John Stott on the Call to Follow Christ
"At its simplest Christ's call was "Follow me." He asked men and women for their personal allegiance. He invited them to learn…
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Free e-Book Giveaways: Cold-Case Christianity by Jim Wallace
Davic C. Cook Books is giving away the Cold-Case Christianity by Jim Wallace. He was a former L.A. County homicide detective and former atheist…
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