Appeasement Theology (Part 4)

Ok, so we’re going to go back and visit Appeasement Theology, because it keeps popping up.  I was talking with a group of teens the other day about the exclusive claim of Jesus -that He was and is the only way to get into heaven, and it was received with mixed emotions.  Mainly that it [...]

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Do Not Forbid . . .

There seems to be a lot of judgment within the body of Christ between different denominations, churches and even within churches themselves.  The kind of judgment I am referring to here is judgment based upon differences of opinion.  Where someone states that someone cannot be a Christian or follower of Christ for differences of opinion, differing [...]

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Insufferable Sins

After reading a book on church discipline where the author suggested that there were certain sins that were considered insufferable, I began wondering if this was true.  Are there certain sins that if committed can disqualify someone from church leadership or membership indefinitely?  More accurately stated – forever?
I know that there are certain qualifications for [...]

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Church Discipline (Part 7)

I have come across a book on the web entitled “Manual of Church Discipline” by a Reverend Eleazer Savage.  I’m not sure how the book will turn out, but I found some interesting observations just in the first chapter.  (If you would like to read the book it can be found here.)

Corrective Church Discipline is “the right [...]

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Opinions

The other day I had lunch with someone I would consider a friend.  The conversation knowingly steered to all of my personal “woes” right now as they are many.  It seems as though the storm is raging on every front. 
I considered the conversation to be one of safety as my friend had been previously very [...]

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The Case of Touchy Tom

Christianity Today has recently posted an article on a modern-day excommunication within a baptist church.  The article can be found here.
 As you read through the article, it appears Tom’s membership was put to a vote by the general assembly.  This in my mind seems inappropriate, although seemed to have produced the correct results in this [...]

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Church Discipline (Part 6)

You must excuse the process, as that is what this is. A work in process. It seems as if all of the pieces are slowly coming together for me. I’ve never given much thought to church discipline until recently, and didn’t know what my thoughts were on the subject, and worse yet – what the [...]

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Is The Storm Just?

I’ve been told recently, as I’ve been in the midst of a storm raging around me and my family, that the storm is God’s judgment. That the storm rages because of my sin. But is the storm always the justice of God? Has there ever been a time when someone has gone through hardships or [...]

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Can Justice Be Escaped?

For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. (James 2:13)
There seems to be a law that runs through the Bible that men will always reap what they sow. That God will not answer those who do not heed His words. That God will not be found [...]

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Penance

I was talking with someone the other day who could not get over their personal sin that had been committed over 7 years ago. They have yet to forgive themselves for the error of their ways for sins that God says He has long forgotten. So why does this person continue to hold this over [...]

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