OK, so the title of this post is both very revealing and at the same time illusive. I used the word beautiful to make clear from the beginning that I consider the development of this concept to be very helpful. I chose modern to suggest, also from the beginning, that the concept is nonetheless a modern invention and is not
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"Therefore see to it, pastor and preacher! Our office has now become a different thing from what it was under the Pope; it has now become a real and saving office. Therefore it is more troublesome and full of labour, is more encompassed by danger and temptation, and moreover, brings little reward and thanks in this world. But Christ Himself
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Beginning in May of this year, Richard Boureston wrote a 3-part series on "Why Small Groups are Causing the Church to Fail." I would like to respond to some of the articles' points and suggest that his main premise in fact leads to a completely different conclusion. You can read the original posting on http://orangecountychurch.wordpress.com here.
I must begin by
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4,000/Day – 25,000/Week – 109,000/Month – 1.3 Million/Year
Since 1973, over 40 million children lost their lives.
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” Proverbs 24:11
Roe (plaintiff) vs. Wade (her state’s attorney general) 1973
-This Supreme Court case ruled that unborn babies are not persons who are protected by the right to life under the constitution.
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Just in case you're not "in the know", there's been a large-scale debate in the evangelical church especially in recent years (though its roots can be traced to earlier in the 20th century) about what exactly defines the "Gospel" and what the essence of God's work here on earth is.
If you're an evangelical Christian you'll agree that sin separates people
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