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Make Disciples is the Command
The Black Nazarene procession just ended this week and an interesting and disturbing article came out in Rappler about a group of Christian Evangelicals picketing and telling the people that what they are doing is idolatry and idolatry is sin. And surely they did receive a lot of hatred for their actions. According to the street…
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Mistakes Leaders Make Blog Series #1: Replacing Jesus
One of the best books I’ve read on leadership was written by a veteran pastor who has been in ministry for decades. Pastor Dave Kraft wrote a book called, Mistakes Leaders Make (Re:Lit), which I recommend every Christian leader reads. It actually mirrors the challenges and temptations we face as pastors and church leaders. So…
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The Real Deal why we Worship
Acts 19 26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesusand in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all. 27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but…
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Satisfaction and How it Reveals What’s Inside Us
We will always prefer lesser satisfaction to the satisfaction of Christ, because the lesser ones appeal to the god of self – a ravenous, insatiable, fickle idol indeed – while satisfaction in Christ requires that we assassinate that god. We won’t know what it really means for the joy of the Lord to be our…
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If Christmas is a Pagan Holiday why are we celebrating it?
Many religious organizations now claiming that celebrating Christmas is a form of idolatry because it is not the specific when Jesus was born. Why we are celebrating it? I’ll let Pastor John Piper answer that and I’ll give my thoughts on the subject I sympathize with those who want to be rigorously and distinctly Christian,…