A little leaven… All false doctrine has its roots in truth, which is what makes it believable! Just like rat poison, false doctrine does not need much error to be deadly. Consider this… How many grains of sand would I have to put into a jar of honey to make it not 100% pure honey? How much leaven (yeast) does it take to raise a whole lump of dough? – (the metaphor Jesus used in His teaching for the false doctrine of the Pharisees – Matt. 16:6-12; Gal. 5:7-9). Not to make too much use of examples, but this is a very […]
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Sunday Main 09-30-12
Podcast: Download (40.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Freed to Love XI.mp3 Stir it up! – PDF Key Texts: Deut. 30:6; II Thess. 3:5; Matt. 18:21-35; Lk. 17:1-10 Review: This week as we journeyed through Jesus’ instructions on how to deal with an offending brother we did a side by side comparison of Matt. 18 & Luke 17. This comparison offered us a much broader lense through which to see this teaching as it really took place. Though Matthew naturally has more of the original discourse, Luke’s information gathered from the apostles is from a Greek perspective and so capitalizes on different […]
Continue readingSunday Main 09-23-12
Podcast: Download (44.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Freed to Love X.mp3 Stir it up! – PDF Key Texts: Deut. 30:6; II Thess. 3:5; Matt. 18:15-20 References: Matt. 5:23,24 We also spent some time qualifying why Matthew 5:23,24 was an appropriate New Covenant verse applying to all Christians – See Beatitudes Example. I Cor. 5:6-8 Gal. 5:7-13 II Thess. 3:13-16 Matt. 16:17-19 Review: This week continued looking at the second and third expressions of love in our list of ways in which we are “Freed to Love” – namely… Stop wallowing in self-oriented story and accept the story He had written for you […]
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Podcast: Download (20.6MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Lesson: Doctrines which Hider Genuine Prayer.mp3 Key Text: Rom. 8:26 Olive green – is always scripture. In the Words of Paul, “…we know not what we should pray, nor how to offer that prayer in a worthy manner as we must…” Romans 8:26. Overview: A question came up at the beginning of class which focused on an “old pattern” of prayer we used to teach and practice for many years. That topic was, “Are we able to command and give assignment to the angels?” Now, this probably sounds ridiculous to anyone outside of our […]
Continue readingSunday Main 09-16-12
Podcast: Download (41.8MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Freed to Love IX.mp3 Stir it up! – PDF Key Texts: Deut. 30:6; II Thess. 3:5 Review: This week we began with a brief review of our key passages in Deut. 30:6 & II Thess. 3:5. Then we began looking at the second and third expressions of love in our list of ways in which we are “Freed to Love” – namely… Stop wallowing in self-oriented story and accept the story He had written for you beginning with His agape’ love for you. Living for our brothers and sisters Forgiving To begin our study […]
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