Us Before Salvation
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were we really all that bad? not all of us are serial killers, and so it’s tough for us to see ourselves as bad people. but if we don’t we cheapen God’s love. change your perspective to see how God sees/saw you. |
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The Beatitudes: They Who Mourn
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God likes sorrow? Not exactly. buzz discusses this beatitude, the second of the eight, and explores some of the words and concepts behind it. the reasons for pious sorrow and how Jesus will comfort that sorrow are revealed. |
Hunger
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what are you hungry for? matt examines the powerful connections between physical hunger and spiritual hunger, and encourages us to get hungry and seek food for our starving selves. |
The Beatitudes: The Poor in Spirit
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the poor should be happy Jesus calls those who are poor in spirit blessed in the first Beatitude. find out what it means to be poor in spirit and why it is such a desired condition, as buzz discusses the first in the series. |
The God We’ll Never Know
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don’t take who He is for granted we’ve heard a lot of things about God - who He is and what He’s done. but what if God was different? in studying this question, our gratefulness to God definitely increases. |
Prosperity Theology (3/3)
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general issues and concerns with the doctrine now that we’ve examined both sides of the prosperity gospel in terms of Biblical proof texts, brendan examines some critiques of the doctrine in both theory and practice. |
Prosperity Theology (2/3)
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the other side: physical circumstances don’t matter brendan looks at some of the arguments against prosperity theology and for the theology of enough: not wanting to be neither rich or poor, but being content in all situations. |
Knowing God Must Come First
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you can’t know or understand God without God’s help atheism and agnosticism run rampant in our society, so we need to know why most of what they say is false. looking at a case study, we’ll look at some underlying themes regarding the issue. |
The Nature of Satan
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the devil is real, and active. know your enemy. buzz looks to the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness to show what the Scriptures say about the age-old enemy of God and christians everywhere: satan. learn his tactics and how to fight. |
Prosperity Theology (1/3)
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a thoughtful critique of proof texts prosperity theology, centered on the idea that God wants you to be rich, is increasing in popularity. but is it biblical? brendan looks at some of the proof texts used and analyzes them. |
We Have the Mind of Christ
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the Holy Spirit lets us understand the wisdom of God look no further than the tagline…isn’t that an incredible truth? brendan explores a passage of 1 corinthians which explains the concept of the wisdom of God and our ability to learn it.v |
The 10 Commandments Reversed
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ten ways to love God and love others better we all know the ten commandments, or at least know about them: don’t do this, don’t do that. well, what if we took a positive spin on these famous laws? |
