I want to give you a few things to think about practically when it comes to shepherding people to truth. On Thursday I'll post when we are to "avoid such people" but for today here are three practical ways to shepherd people: Give people texts to read and then give them plenty of space to wrestle. I love strong, convincing theologically driven books. The Bible's better.
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Over the years, I have received many e-mail asking about The Village’s understanding of the timing of the rapture. For those unfamiliar with the various views, I highly recommend the article on eschatology(the study of the end times) available in our resource library as this post assumes at least a basic understanding of eschatological concepts and terms.
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I love the God of the Bible. He is weighty, glorious, powerful, terrifying, sovereign, beautiful and big. Over the last 15 years I have had to wrestle quite a bit with a good portion of God's self-disclosure. The Truth and truths unpacked in those 66 books are thick, beautiful, difficult and life altering. The scriptures truly are "profitable for teaching, reproof, correction and the training in ...
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I love irony and the Scriptures are full of it: God chooses the foolish of the world to shame the weak. He who would save His life must lose it. The first shall be last. There is a scene in 90's cult classic "Reality Bites" when Winona Ryder is asked to define irony and she stammers and stumbles through an attempted answer until she finally blurts out, "I know it when I see it."
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There is much to do in the City of Brotherly Love. If you like history, you could spend days checking out places like Independence Hall, Fort Mifflin, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Congress Hall. If you just like urban dwelling, this city is about as unique and diverse as a city gets. If I lived in Philadelphia, PA, and was looking for a church home I would head straight to 1632 W. Diamond ...
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This past week’s message by Matt was admittedly difficult. In case you have not yet had the opportunity to check it out, I highly encourage you to do so. He summarized the previous week’s teaching on the sinful state of mankind and then directed us to Romans 8 to talk about how it is that man’s natural rebellion against God is overcome.
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What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God." A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
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It is a vain thing for any to suppose that they place their chiefest happiness in being forever in the presence of Christ who care not at all to be with him here as they may.and it is an absurd thing for men to esteem themselves Christians who scarce think of Christ all the day long.- John Owen (The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded, from Volume 7 of the Banner of Truth Trust Series, ...
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