Turn the Light On

Imagine, if you will, going into a dark room and trying to gather up all of the darkness and push it out the door. Would you start in the darkest corner, and try to sweep all of the darkness out?  Or get a net and try to catch it all?  The images create a pretty [...]

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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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