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Even the Dogs
“Then she came and worshipped Him, saying, ‘Lord, help me!’ But He answered and said, ‘It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, ‘Yes, Lord, yet even the little … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Faith, Word Study
Tagged 1 Timothy 5, bdag, behavior with gentiles, benevolence, canaanite woman, charity, crumbs for little dogs, demon possession, dogs, Galatians 6:10, gentiles, gentiles with great faith, great commission, great faith, Greek woman, Jesus' mission, kunarion, kuon, limited commission, lost sheep of Israel, Mark 7:24-30, marvin vincent, Matthew 15:21-28, mothers concern for daughter, other sheep, phoenicia, priorities, rest, saints only benevolence, sidon, syro-phoenecian woman, tyre, vacation
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Thoughts After a Year
It has been more than a year since I was detained, interrogated for hours, denied entry, locked up, threatened with prosecution, and unceremoniously sent home by immigration officials in India. This writing is designed to explain what happened and provide … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, Government, Prayer
Tagged 7th Day Adventist, 9/11, Acts 4:18-20, Acts 5:27-29, Acts 8:4, American Airlines, authority, benevolence, British Airways, Catholic or Protestant?, church organization, critics, denied entry, deported, evangelism, heathrow, Hindu, hurricane, india, John Cornyn, man in arena, minister of home affairs, missionary visas, persecution, politics, prayer, proselyting, recognized denominaions and religious societies in India, religious visas, Ted Cruiz, theodore roosevelt, tsunami indian ocean 2004, visas, WordPress, Zoom
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Using the Familiar
David used familiar tools and familiar skills in battle against Goliath. Saul provided his own armor, helmet, coat of mail, and sword to David. David was dressed in these. However, he took them off. These were unfamiliar to him. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, stewardship
Tagged 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Samuel 17, accountants, Acts 9:36-ff, airline worker, artist, benevolence, book keepers, carpenter, cook, custodian, David, david and goliath, doctors, dorcus, e.s.l., educators, family counselor, florists, frequent flyers, hoteliers, hvac, interior decorator, interior designer, IT, Jamaica, janitor, landscapers, lawyers, mechanics, miracluous gifts, music teachers, nurse, nurses, oil worker, painters, pilots, police officer, police officers, Saudi Arabia, seamstress, security, serving in the church, skills, social media, stewardship, tabitha, teachers, technology, tradesman, translators, travel agents, using talents, wealth, zookeeper
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Kitchens and Eating in the Building
In the 1960’s and 1970’s , it became common for new church buildings to include a kitchen and “multi-purpose room” or “fellowship hall” (note – I am not enthusiastic about this last designation because it tends to reduce the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Bible authority, Fellowship, Textual study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:22, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1960s, 1970s, 2 Peter 2:13, agape feasts, anti-ism, benevolence, book early christians speak, church controversy, church issues, clement of alexander, Corinthians 11, do you not have houses to eat in?, eating in building, edification, evangelism, everett ferguson, fellowship, fellowship halls, issues in the church, Jude 12, kitchens, let him eat at home, liberalism, love feasts, multipurpose rooms, Romans 14:17, Romans 14:19, sarcasm, scruples, the work of the church, unity
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Children’s Homes
Homes for children (sometimes called orphans’ homes) began to appear among our brethren in the early twentieth century. The first was Tennessee Orphan Home in Columbia, Tennessee which opened on September 5, 1910. By 1940, there were seven such homes … Continue reading
Posted in Bible authority, church, Church Organization, Family, Fellowship
Tagged 1 Kings 3:25, 1 Samuel 1-2, 1 Timothy 5, 1910, 1940, 1957, 1967, 2 Samuel 9, Acts 6, Alan Highers, anti-ism, aram and jechobed, arndt gingrich, benevolence, bibletruth.net, book church cooperation and orphan homes, burbankgardens church of christ, church controversy, church issues, church-of-christ.org, columbia tennessee, component parts, constituent elements, contending for the faith lectures, corinth mississippi, david brown, ecclesiasticism, eural bingham, Exodus 2, fellowsip, foster homes, Galatians 4:1-2, grand prairie texas, guardian, highers bingham debate, in loco parentis, in place of parents, institutional brethren, joseph and mary, mephibosheth, mid 1950s, missionary society, noninstitutional brethren, orphan homes, orphanos, para church organization, randy mabe, saints only benevolence, school master, substitute homes, tennessee orphan home, thomas warren, three institutions, tutor, unique homes, widows and orphans
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What Would That Look Like?
I once had a conversation with a member about her commitment to Christ and her involvement in the local church. I was asked: What would proper involvement look like? This is an excellent question to ask. Let’s try to answer … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Dedication, evangelism, Love, Priorities
Tagged assemble with saints, bear fruit, bear fruit with patience, benevolence, bible study, book mere Christianity, busy bee, c.s. lewis, Christ like, church attendance, concern for others, disciple, edification, evangelism, following Christ, genuine love, imitate Christ, little Christ, love, maintain good works, marshall keeble, more than baptism is needed, patience, priorities, thayer, true Christianity, vine's, zealous for good works
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Serving Only When it is Convenient
What would happen if the man-in-need scenario from the parable of the Good Samaritan were recreated? How many would stop to help? John Darley and Daniel Batson, two Princeton University psychologists, conducted a study, in the early 1970’s. Princeton Theological … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Love, Parables, Preachers, Preaching, Priorities, Time
Tagged 1970s experiment at princeton, benevolence, book the tipping point, daniel batson, doers of word, doing good to others, family brethren and others, God over people, helping others, Jesus had time for others, john darley, kindness, love, malcolm gladwell, mercy over sacrifice, opportunities to do good, people over animals, preaching and praticing, princeton, princeton psychologists experiment, princeton seminary, serving, serving when convenient, stats, the good samaritan, time, too busy, too hurried, urent needs, urgent needs
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Mercy Series: I Desire Mercy
“I desire mercy and not sacrifice and knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). Do not misunderstand. God required animal sacrifices and burnt offerings under the Mosaic Dispensation and the Patriarchal Dispensation (e.g. Genesis 4:4; 8:20-21; 22:1-14; Exodus … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship, Mercy, Priorities, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Timothy 1:16-18, animal sacrifices, be merciful, benevolence, burnt offerings, fellowship, homer hailey, Hosea 6:6, I desire knowledge of God more than burnt offerings, I desire mercy not sacrifice, kindness, many turned from paul, Matthew 12:1-8, not ashamed, not ashamed of chains, onesiphorus, onesiphorus ministers to paul, onesiphorus refreshes paul, onesiphorus sought out paul, paul's chains, persecution
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Thrift Stores, Ringing Bells and Red Kettles
The Salvation Army operates thrift stores. These stores resell donated items such as clothing, furniture, household items, and toys. They even have trucks which will pick up donated items from your house. The revenue is used to fund their Adult … Continue reading
Posted in denominations, Doctrine, Fellowship, Giving, Stats
Tagged 1865, 1878, 2014, adult rehabilitatin centers, adult rehabilitation centers, arcs, baptism, bell ringers, benevolence, book handbook of denominations, charity, christian courier, christiancourier.com, christmas shopping, church organization, cooperation in benevolence, denominations, direct operation of the holy spirit, donations, east london christian mission, faith only, fellowship, frank mead, fund raising, fundraising, give, goodwill, helping the poor, instrumental music, Lord's Supper, methodist, new standard encyclopedia, new york, red kettles, salvation army, salvation army thrift stores, salvationarmy.org, soup ans soap and salvation, stat money salvation army raises, stats, temple of diana, total hereditary depravity, unscriptual fund raising, unscriptually organized, wayne jackson, wikipedia, william booth, Women preachers
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