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Doing Church

42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 I’ve always considered this passage (and the verses that follow) as the description of a well-oiled, fully … Continue reading

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You Were Born for This!

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves … Continue reading

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Wanting to Be Teachers

2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach…1 Timothy 3:2 I can’t recall Jesus arguing to get his point across like I might tend to do. With the exception … Continue reading

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A Woman’s Place–Caution, You Are About to Enter a No Spin Zone

 9Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to … Continue reading

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Tossing the Keys

According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. 1 Timothy 1:11 If someone of wealth and power allows you to drive his brand new luxury vehicle–think of something with a distinctive emblem perhaps?–to perform … Continue reading

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