Category: Other People’s Stuff

The Problem of Love

original link: http://blog.marshillchurch.org/2011/03/05/the-problem-with-love-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mhcvision+(The+Mars+Hill+Blog) Pastor Justin Holcomb Commanding Love I have been studying these verses recently and thinking about the command to love one another and how that can actually happen. Romans 13:9—The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandments there may be, are summed up…
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I am a part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed

Fellowship of the Unashamed I am part of the Fellowship of the Unashamed. I have Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made—I am a disciple of His. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is…
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It’s no kind of religion at all

“In a sermon Dick Lucas once preached, he recounted an imaginary conversation between an early Christian and her neighbor in Rome. “Ah,” the neighbor says. “I hear you are religious! Great! Religion is a good thing. Where is your temple or holy place?” “We don’t have a temple,” replies the Christian. “Jesus is our temple.”…
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Are You a Slave?

So yesterday I checked my mail and I got two surprises. Praise God for both of them. The first was a book titled “The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life.” I thought that it was one of my books for class, which still hasnt arrived yet, crapperuni. But when i opened it, i was so confused, I…
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Lecrae Boasting ft. Anthony Evans

Chorus: If this Life has anything to gain at all I count it lost if I can’t hear you, feel you, ’cause I need you. Can’t Walk this Earth Alone. I recognize I am not my own, so before I fall I need to hear you, feel you, as I live to make my boasting…
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What is the Mission of the Church?

Kevin DeYoung’s message “Rethinking the Mission of the Church” is the best I’ve heard on this topic, which is why I asked him to deliver it at the recent Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference. Kevin provides sharp theological discernment on this topic. In the conclusion of his message, Kevin said, So what is the mission of the…
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Religion as Socially Useful

An excerpt from Richard J. Mouw’s (President of Fuller Theological Seminary) blog on Fuller Theological Seminary’s site:   When the ancient Israelites were taken as captives to Babylon, the Lord sent them instructions about how they were to handle their new social situation: they were to “seek the welfare (shalom) of the city where I have sent…
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