Category Archives: Sheepfold

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To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:16 — 143.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 07/31/22 Message – To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep Share this:   To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep Acts 20:1-31, “(1) After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.   (2)  After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,  (3)  where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail […]

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Why Church

Why church?

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Why Church? I am going to attempt to offer a simple and clear answer to this question. As such it will lack MUCH in terms proof, since that would immediately and greatly lengthen the article. So I will just say now that for a more in-depth answer, I have a separate article which I link to at the end of this one. First let me clarify what I mean by ‘church’ in this article. In the Bible, the word church is used two ways. First and most importantly the word church is used for God’s whole family in heaven and […]

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Spirit Shepherds

The Spirit and the Shepherds say…

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Podcast: Download (45.8MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 12/15/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – The Spirit and the Shepherds say… The Spirit & the Shepherds say… We’ve been talking about Sheep and their Shepherds for nearly a month now. I’ve supplied you with two extremes of New Testament churches in order to impress upon you the well established truth that all churches need pastors and all healthy sheep thrive in and because being part of the larger community of a healthy church. The first church I mentioned was the very healthy Philippian church. The second was the increasingly unhealthy Ephesian […]

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Sheep Conscience

Sheep and their Shepherds

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Podcast: Download (40.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 12/01/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – Sheep and their Shepherds Sheep and their Shepherds We’ve been talking about Sheep and their Shepherds for a few weeks now. Last week in particular I supplied you with two extremes in the New Testament – the first was the Philippian church which was the “model church” of the New Testament to whom Paul gave no warnings or correction in regard to character (save the need to settle a few disputes) and a warning not to be deceived about circumcision. The second church was the Ephesian […]

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The need for Shepherds

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Podcast: Download (59.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 11/24/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – The need for Shepherds The need for Shepherds We are going to begin by comparing two New Testament churches which existed on the polar opposites of the spectrum when it comes to the need for correction & discipline. The Philippian church which was the “model church” of the New Testament to whom Paul gave no warnings or correction in regard to character (save the need to settle a few disputes) and then the Ephesian church which was loaded with difficulty which we spent the majority of […]

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