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Category Archives: Preaching
Popcorn Poppers and Irons
Some of us are old enough to remember eating popcorn made from a popcorn popper rather than a microwave. We’re also old enough to remember when people not only owned irons but actually used them. The following story stems from … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Church, Communication, Current Events, Discernment, Evangelism, God's Work, Ministry, Music, Personal, Preaching, Sunday School, The Gospel, Worship
Tagged recent changes in churches, rules at Bob Jones university, the modernization of the church, the problem of outdated rules, What were the early churches like?
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What Ever Happened to the Original Church of Jerusalem?
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #16) The church of Jerusalem, the megachurch that was the world’s first church (Acts 8:1; 11:22), was never intended to be the planet’s only church. God’s plan was always for those believers to … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Evangelism, God's Work, Ministry, Missions, Pastors, Persecution, Preaching, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", The Gospel, Witnessing
Tagged christianity, Herod killing James, Herod putting Peter in prison, house churches, Jerusalem being destroyed in A.D. 70, Rome's siege of Jerusalem, the churches of the New Testament, the end of the church of Jerusalem, the famine that struck Jerusalem, the house churches of the Bible, the Jewish revolt in A.D. 66, the prophet Agabus, these who have turned the world upside down, What happened to the church of Jerusalem?
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The World’s First Megachurch
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #8) A megachurch is generally defined as being any Christian congregation that has a sustained weekly attendance of 2,000 people or more in its worship services. With that definition in mind, we can … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Bible Study, Christian Unity, Church, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Leadership, Ministry, Missions, Money, Needs, Pastors, Prayer, Preaching, Salvation, Scripture, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Service, Stewardship, Sunday School, The Bible, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Witnessing, Worship
Tagged christianity, definition of a megachurch, How big was the Jerusalem church?, the communal system of the Jerusalem church, the first church, the Jerusalem church, the world's first megachurch, things we can learn from the first church, What is a megachurch?, Where did the Jerusalem church meet?
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The First Sermon of the Church Age
(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #2) The “church age” began in grand style. One Sunday, the Jewish feast day known as Pentecost (Acts 2:1), approximately 120 of Christ’s followers were gathered together in a room in Jerusalem (Acts … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Second Coming, Christ's Death, Christ's Miracles, Christ's Resurrection, Christ's Return, Church, Dreams, Evangelism, Preaching, Prophecy, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Speaking in Tongues, Spiritual Gifts, The Holy Spirit, Witnessing
Tagged a noise like a rushing mighty wind, baptized with the Holy Spirit, christianity, cloven tongues like as of fire, David's prophecies about Jesus, holy-spirit, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, Peter's sermon, tongues are foreign languages, What does it mean to speak in tongues?
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What I Didn’t Know Back Then
I was 27 years old when I accepted what is commonly referred to as “the call to preach.” 32 years have passed now. And what have I learned in those years? I’ve learned what I didn’t know back then. What … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, God's Work, Ministry, Personal, Preaching, Service
Tagged Christ's ministry, the call to preach, the difference between preaching and pastoring, what I didn't know when I accepted the call to preach, what I wish someone would have told me about the call to preach
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A Word About Church Services
A faithful churchgoer was asked by his fisherman friend, “How can you go to the same church every service, week after week, month after month, year after year? It’s the same place, the same people, the same hymns. You’ve even … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, Current Events, Discipleship, God's Work, Ministry, Music, Pastors, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Sunday School, Talents, Worship
Tagged attending the same church year after year, being faithful to your church, boring church services, Church Attendance, church is never the same, comparing church attendance to fishing, What's so important about church attendance?, Why does God want me to attend church?
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Divorced Pastors & Deacons? (post #3 of 3)
I closed the previous post by promising to present cases for both sides of this argument. So, I might as well go ahead and jump right into that. I’ll start with the scriptural case for a divorced man serving as … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Church, Deacons, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, God's Work, Husbands, Marriage, Ministry, Parenting, Pastors, Preaching, Series: "Divorced Pastors & Deacons?"
Tagged Adam as the head of his home, case for a divorced man as a deacon, case for a divorced man as a pastor, David's sin carried lasting consequences, Eve adding to the word of God, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentence, Paul becoming a castaway, Paul becoming disqualified, Proverbs 6:33, qualifications for a deacon, qualifications for a pastor, the calling of God is irrevocable, the case against a divorced man as a deacon, the case against a divorced man as a pastor, the deacon as the head of his home, the pastor as the head of his home, the responsibilities of headship, the spiritual gift of pastoring
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