Archive for February, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 by Ralph
Christians are often called "People of the Book." Many Christians would agree with that label, but it is really born out of a misunderstanding. Christ-followers are not actually people of the Book, but people of the Person. We follow Christ, not a book that Jesus wrote.
Marcus Borg explains the ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 by Ralph
All Christians are called to minister. Ministry is when, in the Name of Jesus, we reach out to impact and touch someone's life with the love of God found only in Jesus. We are all a part of the "priesthood of all believers" and thus called to worship and serve ...
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Monday, February 27th, 2012 by Ralph
When Jesus died He was relatively young, compared to other potential world-changing figures. At their respective deaths, Muhammad was sixty, Socrates was seventy, Plato and Buddha were both more than eighty, and Moses was one hundred twenty! Christ's death came so comparatively early in His messianic career (probably in His ...
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012 by Ralph
Martin Luther once said, "Nothing is more perilous than to be weary of the Word of God. Thinking he knows enough, a person begins little by little to despise the Word until he has lost Christ and the gospel altogether."
So many believers are not longer living by the Word of ...
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