Freedom through resistance.
God’s original design for every human being was to live in freedom. In the garden of Eden, there was only one stated prohibition; don’t eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Category: Discipleship
The amazing power of best-friendship
It seems to be part of the universal human experience that we go through times when our life is mundane, dry, unfruitful, unfulfilling, and feels like a waste. I know I have times like that. I also know that most, if not all, of those time periods of dryness, are my own fault. There is a formula, if you will, for living a life that is fruitful, joyful, extraordinary, and fulfilling, an exhilarating life that we all want to live.
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How to produce disorder and every vile thing
Nobody wants to be a fool. We all want to be considered wise people. What isn’t common sense is the understanding of what kind of wisdom we have. There is wisdom that is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic, and then there is wisdom that is from above.
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There is more to walking by faith than going to heaven
There is a lot more to walking by faith than getting to heaven. For many Christians, believing the Biblical proposition that salvation is by faith alone through grace alone in Christ alone is the definition of walking by faith. That is a very feeble understanding of walking by faith. It is true as far as it goes, but it leaves the walk of faith without substance other than going to heaven when I die.
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Is calling for obedience the same as legalism?
Obedience to what Jesus has commanded seems to be the missing ingredient in most Western churches. When obedience is emphasized, the teachers are criticized as teaching legalism. The Apostle Paul soundly condemns legalism in his letter to the Galatians.
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Jesus approach to making disciples
We know that to get the kind of results Jesus got, we must do the work the same way Jesus did. For anyone who has carefully studied how Jesus made disciples, it is evident that the vast bulk of the church is not following Jesus as a disciple-maker.
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