Discipleship

  • A Few Thoughts About Discipling Part 3

    C3 Messiah D1 Sin must be punished. D2 Either I must be punished for my sin, or a voluntary substitute must. D3 The substitute must be sinless or else the must die for their own sins (rebellion against God’s laws). D4 The only sinless human is the eternal Messiah, Jesus (Yeshua). Hebrews 4:14-15 NRSV…

  • A Few Thoughts About Discipling Part 2

    C2 Obedience or rebellion D1 We obey; we live. We disobey; we are punished. D2 Obedience is based on E1 Believing God F1 John 14:1 MKJV Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me. F2 Hebrews 11:6 NLT And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone…

  • A Few Thoughts About Discipling Part 1 Revised

    Introduction Definition: B1 To train in accordance with rules or principles (Source) B2 DISCIPLE, verb transitive to teach; to train, or bring up. (Source) B3 Process of making disciples. The apostles went about discipling the believers in Jesus Christ. (Source) Every Christian must know and defend 3 things B1 The Gospel B2 Doctrine (teaching,…

  • A Few Thoughts about Collectivism versus Individualism

    Definitions B1 Collectivism C1 Collectivism, any of several types of social organization in which the individual is seen as being subordinate to a social collectivity such as a state, a nation, a race, or a social class. Collectivism may be contrasted with individualism (q.v.), in which the rights and interests of the individual are…

  • Purpose in Living

    Introduction Consider this insight from Ben Shapiro: In other words, people need meaning and purpose in life. Our focus on materialism from both the political right and left — on income inequality and intersectional victimhood from the left, and on tribal affinity and economic deregulation from the right — ignores the key problem: Americans,…

  • A Letter to Anna Duggar

    Please read this letter. It is from one suffering woman to another. Abuse of any form is evil. These evil abusers are agents of satan to destroy their spouse’s faith and the faith of the children. May God continue to help the abused, give them wisdom, give them people to listen and believe them,…

  • A Few Thoughts about Psalm 81

    Please read Psalm 81 NIrV Inspired by Yahweh Written by Asaph Written to Israel The Psalmist reminds Israel through a song of God’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 3:8, Exodus 6:6, and Exodus 12:51). So, we learn that Messiah is Israel’s deliverer (Zechariah 12-14 and Romans 11:26). Christians know that He is also…

  • A Few Thoughts about Truth, Critical Thinking, and Guilt

    “Absent reason, faith will simply be based on emotion. We will never out-emote the pagan,” said Steve Deace. The conscience is collectively becoming seared. People will not/cannot admit they are their own problem. The Sower B1 This parable is found in Matthew 13:3-23, Mark 4:3-20, and Luke 8:4-15. B2 Jesus teaches C1 That the…

  • Thoughts on Psalm 1

    Introduction B1 Summary B2 Overview of the Old Testament – Psalms By Arend Remmers B3 Note on outlines (from Bible Analyzer outline module) These outlines are derived from the chapter headings of the 1611 edition of the King James Bible. They have been updated to modern spelling and some entries have a slightly modified…

  • A Few Thoughts about Whom Am I

    Most people want to know more about themselves, so take various online personality tests. They want to formulate their identity. We need to be careful with these tests however as some are based on occultic ideas. An example would be the Enneagram, now incredibly popular. Can we formulate our identity based on an occultic…