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Tuesday: Battle In The Temple – Passion Week Reflections

“Who is this Jesus?” “Wasn’t He suppose to be the one that would liberate us from the oppression of the Gentiles? But instead He destroys God’s temple.” “What right does he have?” “Whose authority does he come by?” After Jesus … Continue reading

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Monday: Cleansing of the Temple – Passion Week Reflections

Early Monday morning Jesus rides out towards the Temple. The curiosity of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to rise. Was he heading into the Temple to sit on His throne as the Messiah, the King of the Jews? Was He … Continue reading

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Sunday: Triumphal Entry – Passion Week Reflections

For months rumors about a single man swirled in Palestine. Reports of this man being a healer were also met with reports of this man defiling himself with sinners. Some thought he was the promised Jewish Messiah that was sent … Continue reading

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Review: Rob Bell’s Love Wins

Ever since the book came out the blogosphere has been blowing up with discussions about this controversial book. I am far from the first to write a review of the book, and I don’t think I’ll be the last. But … Continue reading

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Disagreeing Does Not = Disunity

It’s that time for bottom feeding bloggers, like myself, to weigh in on the whole Rob Bell, “Love Wins”  craziness. Ok so maybe I won’t weigh in yet because I haven’t finished reading the book. But what I do want … Continue reading

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Theological Quote By A Dead Guy – J.Edward

“There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.” “There are in the souls of wicked me those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into … Continue reading

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Show Your Work – Biblically Centered Truth Claims

Mrs. Milligan, my third grade teacher, always got on our case about showing our work whenever we did math problems. Even if we came into the class with the right answers she wanted us to show our work. Whenever we … Continue reading

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Reconnecting Evangelism and Discipleship

There’s been much discussion on the divorce of Evangelism and Discipleship. Within Christianity, evangelism is seen as the process by which a person is converted into the Christian faith. Christians who “evangelize” seek to convert others to the Christian faith. … Continue reading

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Reclaiming My Charismatic Roots – Prophecy

The purpose of this series is: I am looking for a way to embrace the solid Biblical tradition of the past, while all the while pushing forward into what it might look like for the Church today. I am not … Continue reading

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Reclaiming My Charismatic Roots – Convergence Part 2

Resurgence In the previous entry of this series I started to look at the two major movements within the Evangelicalism that has greatly impacted me. The first was the Charismatic Renewal of the 80′s-90′s. The Charismatic Renewal brought back to … Continue reading

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