Some would say the Old is obsolete, but were it not there, we wouldn’t have the New. Both are indispensable and connected.

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Church administration should not impede fruitful ministry, but rather provides processes and safeguards that assist us to be good stewards.

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Christian theology is knowing God and what pleases Him, as most clearly, perfectly, and finally revealed in the person of Jesus.

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The important business of spiritual accountability is a personal commitment to account to others for our actions.

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One of the courses that most surprised me in seminary was cultural theology.

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I wasn’t prepared for this statement: “Moses was an amazing leader who never reached his redemptive potential.” I was half asleep, listening to religious TV, when this comment jolted me fully awake. No way, I thought. Put that on some other Bible character, not Moses. I immediately thought of all the virtues ascribed to Moses […]

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“Be sure to secure your own mask before assisting others.” You’ve heard this instruction about oxygen masks every time you are waiting for your airplane to take off. Is it just me, or does this just rub you the wrong way, too? Hopefully you have been trained to help others and desire to put others […]

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The Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are alive and active (Heb. 4:12).

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I pray that every member of the Church of God (Seventh Day) will gladly volunteer to be one of the laborers, that we will begin to see with Jesus’ eyes, feel with Jesus’ heart, and act as Jesus’ hands.

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And how grateful we are to Pastor Jack, to Dr. Stanley, and to Tim Keller, for their example, for finishing with their torch still lit, reminding us that doing so is well within our reach.

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Each of the poetic books of the Bible has a unique theme. Together they round out our picture of God in the contexts of real life.

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I heard my inner voice repeatedly telling me to keep it together, but his tears and quivering lower lip pushed me over the edge. A warm tear drop fogged my vision and rolled past my glasses down my cheek. He could barely get the words out, “I can’t believe I let myself do that. I […]

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