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Worldview Definition
Worldview: as defined by The Free Dictionary 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.The 4 Killer Questions
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Tag Archives: Leadership
Was Phoebe Really A Deaconess or Just a Servant?
Recently while selling my books at a Christian educators conference, I had a man approach my book table. I started up a conversation with him in my typical fashion and very quickly the conversation turned from the Christian books I … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Church leadership, Context Matters, deacon, deaconess, Did Paul forbid women from teaching?, Know the truth, Know the whole story, Knowing Scripture, Leadership, Male Female roles in the church, Servant, Servant Leadership, Was Phoebe Really a Deacon?, What about Phoebe?, Who can have positions of authority?, Who can teach in the church, Women in leadership, Women teaching
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Don’t Trust the Church (Explained)
Have you (ever) walked away from the church? If so, what were your reasons for doing so? What was your view of God in the midst of that choice? Did you see the church and God as one or as … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Aligning with God, Church leadership, Doing what is good, Don't Trust the Church, False Doctrine, False leaders, False Teachers, Finding Peace, God doesn't change, God is not a man that He should lie, Helping God's Way, Judging One Another, Leadership, Leaving the church, loyal to what?, Must we obey ungodly leaders?, Removing ungodly leadership, resisting evil, Serving God, Supporting one another, The Good Shepherd, Twisted principles, Who is God?, Why are young people leaving the church?
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Why Are Unmarried People in the Christian Culture Treated Like Less Than? (Part 1)
There is a strange phenomenon that happens in Christian communities where age, ability, character, and life-experience only seem to become important after someone is married. Let me explain this statement within its context and hopefully my meaning will become clear. … Continue reading
Who Is It That Has Authority in Our Lives?
Last week we talked about how no where in Scripture does it say we are to obey a leader when they are leading us in or commanding us to do evil or to do anything against what God defines as … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Defining Christian Beliefs
Tagged Authority, being blameless, Church leadership, Doctrin, False Doctrine, False prophets, God given authority, God's Church, Leadership, Leading rightly, Prophets, Should we submit to authority?, Submission, True leaders, Truth Matters, Who has authority over us?
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A Good Reason to Leave a Church
A lot of people talk about the reasons you shouldn’t leave a church. And I wish there was never a good reason to leave a church, but sometimes there is. Sometimes the most God honoring thing to do is to … Continue reading
Posted in Defining Christian Beliefs, Problems in Christianity
Tagged A Just God, Accountability, Church leadership, Correcting others, Don't Trust the Church, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Doesn't Equal Trust, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, Is Jesus ALL about loving?, Leadership, Loving Others, Saved From What?, The Cost of Forgiveness, Truly Repentant, When the Church Thinks They're All That
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How Do We Know if Doctrines are Right or Wrong?
How do we know if doctrines are right or wrong? #1 We need to know what Scripture says. If we haven’t taken the time to read God’s Word for ourselves then it’s easy to be convinced by someone that their … Continue reading
Should We Always Submit to Authority? (Part 3)
What does the Bible say about those in the church in positions of authority? Mat 20:25-27 “But Jesus called [the twelve] to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who … Continue reading
When the rocks speak 