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Many studies are done among religious denominations like “The Roman Road to Salvation” that focuses on one passage to support their doctrine. Any denomination will do this in support of their teaching, and nearly all of them will claim that “their teaching” comes from the Bible alone. In the case of Romans 10, many will…
We use the word “justify” as a means to explain or prove something that we have claimed for ourselves. Some explanation gives cause for a certain action or condition that exists and produces a favorable thought from ourselves and others. The biblical use of the word is taken from a Greek word whose contextual meaning…
Righteousness is discussed as an attribute of God as it describes his very essence. The first three chapters of Romans speak of God’s power, his righteousness, and his wrath. It is the state of one who is conscious and observant of that which is right. This righteousness comes from God (Rom. 3:5). This implies that…
Ephesians 2:19-22 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the…
Viola asserts that there are four ways to plant churches in the first century. Each resulted in a visible community of God’s kingdom being established. They are the Jerusalem model where a group spends years raising up one large church. The Antioch model is where one church sends workers to plant other churches, who are…
Frank Viola has written a book with the above title and I thought to write about his four models of the way churches were planted. I really like the foundation laid in his book about the church being a living organism. You will find in my work that I like to contrast an organism with…
One of the many responsibilities that unfold naturally is the counsel and warning given by the older toward the younger. Titus 2 comes to mind as a critical text of New Testament teaching wherein both older men and women are given the respect of having greater years and experience and teach the younger. Here’s the…
Some have a hard time imagining the fellowship of saints with the church and local church membership. If we can ever make the switch in our minds and implement those changes, it is not that hard. It would mirror the same fellowship that existed in the first century. First, we must recognize the difference that…
Satan would hope that we would downplay the seriousness of sin. “It’s just a little white lie,” he would think. He had told Eve, “You will not die.” It seems we have bought into the idea that certain sins are worse than others. Catholics have distinguished mortal sins from venial sins. Some understand the biblical…