Tag Archives: church

Getting inside out, and letting outside in

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

Thanks to Catch citizen John Fagliano for the following quote from Tim Keller in line with yesterday’s Catch about God desiring mercy over sacrifice. Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, … Continue reading →

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A group of people meeting somewhere

Posted on October 29, 2019 by

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker — also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier — and to the church that meets in your home: Grace and peace to you from … Continue reading →

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Is Jesus Christ among you?

Posted on September 13, 2019 by

Test yourselves. If you cannot tell that Jesus Christ is among you, it means you have failed the test. 2 Corinthians 13:5 How do you tell if Jesus is among you? You look for Him. Is He here? Is He … Continue reading →

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Ask not what you can do for God

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

  David wanted to build God a house. It didn’t seem right that he was in a nice cedar-built mansion and the Ark of the Covenant — the portable presence of God the children of Israel had been carrying around … Continue reading →

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Church is out

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy … Continue reading →

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The Churches “R” Us

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

What is church? According to our friend Keith Giles, author of Jesus Unveiled: Forsaking Church As We Know It To Experience Ekklesia As God Intended, and our guest last night on our BlogTalkRadio show, an unbiased, unindoctrinated observer of the … Continue reading →

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The First Church of Boomers and Millennials

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

I had lunch yesterday with a pastor, an attorney who is an influential church leader, and a Christian college professor with a PhD from Oxford. They all love Jesus, but none of them are having a satisfactory church experience. The … Continue reading →

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Mutual aid fellowship

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Many people’s experience with church is spending an hour on Sunday morning or Saturday night worshiping God in music and listening to someone teach from the word of God. Contact with others is limited and entirely up to you to … Continue reading →

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