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Simple Test of Right Belief
1. Belief – A Misused Word The word “belief” is often highly misunderstood. For some, the notion of “religious belief” is a sinister and convenient way to control people or a way to exploit or take advantage of people (like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time and many religious leaders today).
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From Pain to Gain
1. Series: God’s Message to the Church in Smyrna This is part of a series on the seven churches in Asia Minor (Revelation 2-3). This article covers the message to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8-11). The video messages of letters to churches in Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7), Smyrna (Rev 2: 8-11),
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Faith, Meaning, Purpose
Faith is not the belief that God will remove all our problems in this world, necessarily (2 Corinthians 12:9). Faith is the determination and willingness to maximally grow or stay in truth, love, goodness, justice, fairness, kindness, generosity, trustworthiness, self-control, sacrifice, empowering others, etc. It’s the realization/acknowledgment that all these
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Being Missional – It’s an Alignment Issue
1. Happily Ever After – That Wasn’t to Be In Genesis 1-2, we see humanity as the apex and glory of God’s creation – made in the image of God, tasked with stewardship/care of the world, and to ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ (Genesis 1:26-28). The man sings to the woman