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Thoughts in Progress
Another blessing in the opportunity to preach among Baptist brethren who love the Doctrines of Grace...
By Your Command (audio)
By Your Command (Outline Notes)
By Your Command (PPT)
Assuming that you are are believer, then you are living in the Beloved - marked by God before creation, saved through Christ, changed, inhabited and directed by the Spirit, and His into eternity no matter what. More significantly for today's post, yo...
This time of year brings a strange situation that I have puzzled about for years – the non-starter of Reformation Day in almost all Protestant denominations and churches.
Fact -> If the pivotal event of Reformation Day had not occurred (b...
Starting out under the umbrella of the Lord. What could be more appropriate!
When one hears the epistles read as a Scripture reading or as part of a message, the initial greeting preamble is often somewhat quickly glossed over, in order to get to ...
While reading a book or books from the Word, it is often useful to note some thoughts as they come along. This will be the point of this topic series, as time permits.
As an initial caveat, the intent here is to work primarily without a net. That ...
Paul said "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." 1 Corinthians 2:2
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Where do you put your faith and testimony? Not on Sunday, while in the church, but in the ongoing moments of the day, walking in the...
From time to time there are articles or series that have been posted on our sister site (DoctrinesOfGrace.ca) that seem to fit well here on ThoughtPaths as well.
Rather than simply posting them in both places without acknowledgement, this post cat...
Well, after some familiar and unfamiliar pain and suffering, our site face lift and update seems to be complete.
This included upgrades to the latest version of all underlying software, add-ons, themes and the header image. Considering that it was...
Oh what a difference a single space character can make!
A while back, just before our WP software upgrade and site face lift, one of the blog config files was inadvertently edited with an editor that stripped the C/Rs on exit. That caused momentar...
In the previous post containing the Good-O-Meter clip, I mentioned that the theology had some issues. What issues, you might ask?
Well, the meter implies in its evaluations that each of the lost individuals has some amount of good credited to them...
One last look at the CN Tower from the hotel room and we are off for home...
We have been blessed with a wonderful trip together and four days of absolutely perfect weather.
We are already making plans for what to do next time...
My first experiment in travel blogging, and actually what kick started this whole blog experience, was our family trip to California. More recently I am documenting my recent trip with Lynette to Toronto. What the future holds, who knows.
Enjoy...
I am puzzled. Let's consider a scenario that seems to be an surprisingly common one in many churches, irrespective of denomination or size. It concerns staff remuneration.
It is easiest to demonstrate with an example, so we will consider and avera...
As a review, the original intent of the group under discussion was to facilitate growth among the members and thereby the body. As the members were selected to be mature Christians with appropriate experience, the subject matter is in depth, intense ...
Those who read Dilbert will be familiar with Catbert, the evil corporate officer. Many of you also likely invest utilizing the services of some sort of advisor, who is attached to an Investment Firm of some sort. My experiences of late convinces me t...
Well, AR, the answer would be yes...
In a recent conversation with a church pastor, he said roughly - These are only minor points of theology. They don't really matter. It is our community that matters. At the time he was commenting on one of the foundational points of the Doctrines of ...
In worship we must consciously strive to bringing God joy through congregational, not just leadership, participation. The intent must be that the assembly worship en mass, and that any leadership encourage that before other priorities.
Scripture is ...
After thinking about it on and off for years, and having never drawn anything since Grade 8 Geography class, I decided to try cartooning.
It seems that some of the things in life just cry out for a graphic, as opposed to a written, comment. Cartoo...
I am convinced that one of the primary responsibilities of the local assembly is the pro-active, ongoing equipping of all believers for individual bible study, and further that this responsibility is not being addressed throughout the evangelical chu...
Light them up...
To see the complete Torch Gallery click HERE.
A very interesting (and decidedly encouraging) chat with a young Christian brother focused on a perspective many of us as believers needed to be reminded of. This fellow is serving with a missions organization in the Southern Hemisphere, and I thank ...
In examining the philosophy related to congregation size and growth, and in proposing a focus on the Lord rather than the numbers, questions will invariably arises concerning 'essential' programs. If size and growth are not to be an issue, aside from...
A few after thoughts arising from discussion and musing since I posted the Proposal.
It might come across that this proposal for congregation-wide proactive equiping should supplant inreach (other internal congregational support programs). That is...
An acquaintance of mine, Peter (www.jurankaimages.com), was reading my California blog and came to the post about gun shops. He tells me that they in fact DO exist and he was in one outside LA. To hear it told, it was like a big Shopper's Drug Mart, ...
