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Church Offices
Once again, this is something that shouldn’t require citing chapter and verse. It should all be familiar already, just a restatement to remind us of how God says things should work under the Covenant. 1. The Body — an extended … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, church body, church offices, deacons, elder, miracles, parish pastor, spiritual gifts
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The Task Is Clear
It’s time once again for some clarifications. This is not binding on anyone else; it’s just my peculiar notions about some things. I’ve often explained that miracles are wired into Creation itself. There are multiple factors involved in accessing them. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, Creation, divine revelation, heart-led, heart-mind, Hebrew epistemology, miracles, western civilization
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Holy Spirit Required
Most of you remember the incident in Acts 3 where Peter and John were entering the Temple and ran across a lame fellow begging at the Beautiful Gate. They healed the man and he came dancing and shouting into the … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, messianic expectations, miracles, Suffering Servant, Transfiguration, Unseen Realm
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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 6
This chapter is one of those Bible passages that suffers a lot from translation in English. It was bad enough translating Hebrew thoughts into Greek. It’s easy to miss what the writer is telling the Hebrew Christians in Rome. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Hebrew Mysticism, Hebrews, Melchizedek, miracles, oral lore, spiritual birth, submission to God, Word of God
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His Sacrificial Love
Two problems — (1) It’s one thing to recognize the utility of simple observation and analysis. It’s another thing to imagine that your analysis answers all the pertinent questions. (2) The miracles of faith are extraordinary, and yet should be … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical manhood, faith community, game, miracles, otherworldly, psychology, sacrificial love, shepherd role, spiritual orientation, worldliness
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Once we get past the Radix Fidem approach to religion, it’s just a matter of answering questions. In the process of answering questions, we open the door to someone’s heart so they can hear the things they need to hear. … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, hearing the voice of god, miracles, miracles of Jesus
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NT Doctrine — Acts 5:12-42
It was summer in Jerusalem. There was more than one kind of heat, though. The gospel of Jesus burned like a bonfire in His disciples.Luke tells us the miracles that accompanied Jesus were even more prevalent in the Apostles. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, commentary on acts, Gamaliel, Jesus the Messiah, miracles, Sadducees, Sanhedrin, Temple
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NT Doctrine — Acts 3:1-4:22
It didn’t take long for the Jewish leadership to take offense at this explosion of faith in Jesus. Diaspora or not, the crowd of Jesus’ disciples was growing, and their presence was strongly felt in the city. Jesus had said … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus the Messiah, miracles, persecution of christians, Pharisaism, Sadducees, Sanhedrin, Temple
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NT Doctrine — Acts 9:23-43
I cannot improve on my previous commentary. Where Paul had previously officiated the execution of Stephen, he now took up the work of Stephen himself, debating with the same overpowering logic in the synagogues. To have their chief enforcer now … Continue reading →