Apr 11, 2011
A Better Way to Define Ourselves
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Back sometime in 1987 or so I was attending a church that over time I discovered had some aberrant doctrine sprinkled in with some orthodox Christianity. I was there for a little over a year until God, by His grace, showed me the errors of the church and helped me to move on to another more healthy gospel living body. I was not the only one who God delivered from this church, that was not only aberrant in its teachings, but also had some cult-like tendencies to it, but shortly after leaving there, a major split arose within the congregation andRead More...
Mar 18, 2011
The fight of faith in the aisle of the Table.
Posted by Joe Paravisini in Church Practices - Gospel Identity - Worship | Comments (0)
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:16-17 ESV) There was a time in my life when monthly (or even less frequent) communion was a time of great personal shame and guilt. I was often reminded beforehand of the gravity of the Lord's Supper, and how people who took it "unworthily" could get sick or die, or just generally bring God's wrath onRead More...
Mar 13, 2011
God is Free
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Watching news about the tremendous devestion in Haiti is something that I wish I could avoid. I cannot imagine how it is for the people there who have scarce resourses to begin with, yet have to deal with losing entire families from an earthquake that left their country without any working government. Along with that, the nation will have great difficulty even receiving the aid that compassionate people worldwide are hoping to give to them. It is my prayer that people of faith will pray and not grow discouraged as we get further reports about this great tragedy over theRead More...
Jan 02, 2011
Childlike Confessions
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My wife had a recent conversation with my youngest son where he asked her if she "ever had an idea that she thought was a good idea, but then decided it wasn't a good idea and ended up feeling real bad about it." After a couple of questions to feel Rhys out, to see what was going on that little head of his, she told him she has made some poor judgments and she was curious as to why he would bring this up. My 10 year old then blurted out what might be described as a confession similar toRead More...
