I’ve been part of the Charismatic/Pentecostal culture since my conversion at 14. I’ve seen a lot, heard a lot, and partook in a lot. I’ve seen a lot of God moments where people have been healed, blessed, encouraged, and built up. I’ve also seen times when people falsely mimicked true manifestations, expressed “ecstasia” in services […]
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Yesterday, our sister Sami gave a message from passages selected from 1 Cor. 7 & 8. You can hear the full message here. Today, I’d like to reflect on the last half of 1 Cor. 8. It is the passage that deals with whether or not it was OK to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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Yesterday, Pastor Byron continued our series on 1 Corinthians by preaching on chapters 5 and 6. You can hear the full message here. Today, I’d like to make three reflections on Sexual Ethics in 1 Corinthians. Before we get to the three reflections, I’d like to mention a very prominent and important event that happened
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Yesterday, Pastor Byron started us off on the book of 1 Corinthians 1 & 2. You can listen to it here. Today, I’d like to talk about Paul’s address to the Corinthian Church about division. Human nature, as it is, is prone to divisiveness. Selfish motives often masquerade as holy justifications and often leads to
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Yesterday, Pastor Byron concluded our series on 2 Peter. Where the previous week’s chapter was full of warning about false teachers, yesterday’s message was about encouraging the people of God to continue living righteous lives, because it matters. So today, I’d like to reflect on some of the things Peter wrote in the third chapter
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