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Spiritual Growth: (#2) Need/Opponents
The book of 2 Peter puts a premium on knowledge. The word knowledge appears in some form 16 times in this book. Why such an emphasis and value on knowledge? One source provides this answer, “Just as 1 Peter warned … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, christian growth, Christian Influence, Priorities, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 4:1, 1 Kings 13, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 2:10-11, 2 Peter 2:15, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 2:19-21, 2 Peter2, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, 2 Timothy 4:1-5, 2 Timothy 4:3-4, 2Peter 2:3, Acts 17:11, allure through lewdness, authades, balaam, balak, being taught wrong is no excuse, book New Testament survey, covetousness, deceive heart of simple, desires, desires of ego, desires of flesh, desires of the ears, despise authority, Deuteronomy14:1-4, discern good and evil, don shackleford, Ephesians 4:14, Ephesians 4:19, Ezekiel 13:3, false prophets, false teachers, flatter to gain advantage, flattery, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:4, Galatians 5:7, Genesis 3, Guy N. Woods, harding university school of religion, Hebrews 5:14, Isaiah 30:10, Isaiah 9:15, itching ears, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13-14, Jeremiah 8:10-11, Jude 16, Jude 19, Jude 4, Jude 8-9, knowledge, Luke 12:15, Luke 22:42, Luke 9:23, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, lusts, material possessions, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:15, need for spiritual growth, opponents of spiritual growth, opposition to spiritual growth, pareisago, Philippians 3:19, pleonexia, presumptuous, pride of life, Revelations 2:14, Romans 16:17, Romans 16:18, self-pleasing, self-will, speak smooth things, speaking evil of dignitaries, spiritual growth, strabo, Titus 1:11, tolmetes, tossed to and fro, turn grace of God into lewdness, vine's, whose god is their belly, Zechariah 13:4
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Attracting A Crowd
A couple of writings have caught my attention recently. Both concerned preachers and gathering a crowd. The Bible says, “the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall heap to themselves teachers, … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Preachers, Preaching, Soul Winning, Stats
Tagged 2 Timothy 4:3-4, associated press, attracting a crowd, average person not looking for doctrine, best life now, bmx, christian rock bands, de-emphasize doctrine, developing your potential, easy on the scriptures, enlarge your vision, entertain us, falling by the wayside, give us something new, gospel health and wealth, itching ears, joel osteen, lakewood church, larry king, larry king live, life now journal, louis palau, make us feel good, marshall news messenger, megafest, no ethical stand on controversial subjects, on the eight day God created joel osteen, osteen on homosexuality and abortion, osteen on muslims, osteen on stem cell research, parable excuse for not quoting many scriptures, percent of Jesus words quotation of scripture, persistence and determination, positive thinging or expoitory sermon, potters house, rachel zoll, scant use of scripture, sin or bad choices, skate boards, state fair environment, t.d. jacks, texas monthly, tony robbins, victoria osteen, william martin, wow us, x-games, your life follows your thoughts
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