Communion: Remembering Christ’s Sacrifice
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. Today's exciting topic is communion. Communion is a common sacrament of the church. The number and the form of the sacraments in the church are quite controversial and are in part what define church denominations....
Hermeneutics – How to interpret scripture: Part 2
Bible content intended for the church Bible interpretation can be challenging. For example, the Old Testament law and the gospels contain difficult commands for us to obey today, such as animal sacrifices and following the rules of the Pharisees (Matthew 23:3)!...
Hermeneutics – How to Interpret Scripture: Part 1
Bible interpretation can be challenging. For example, the Old Testament law commanded the Jews to consider unclean for seven days any woman after giving birth to a male child (Leviticus 12:2)! Obviously, in our Christian-based society we do not practice this nor does...
Baptism: What to believe?
Welcome back to my blog! Today's exciting topic is baptism. Last time we covered the definition of the word and young people’s experience with baptism. As a reminder of my admonition stated in the last blog, baptism is a very controversial subject and people's beliefs...
Baptism: What does scripture teach?
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. Today's exciting topic is baptism. Prepare yourself for a wild ride! Water baptism is a sacrament in most churches. In general, the number and form of the sacraments in the church are quite controversial and in part...
Christ’s Church: How it Helps
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. We have been discussing the church in the past several blogs. At salvation the Holy Spirit places each of us into the church of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). This is a great promise and results from our belief in...
Christ’s church leads the way
Welcome back to my blog and thank you for visiting. We have been discussing the Christian walk in the past several blogs. Today we begin a section on the Christian church. At salvation the Holy Spirit places each of us into the church of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13)....
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 4
As we have discussed in past blogs, Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new people, providing the capacity to change ourselves to positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner we first must know how to...
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 3
As we have discussed in past blogs, Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new individuals with the capacity to change ourselves to take positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner we first must know how...
The Power of Godly Thinking: Part 2
As we have discussed in past blogs Christians have been regenerated through the power of the Holy Spirit into new people, providing believers with the capacity to change into those who carry out positive and biblical actions. However, to behave in a scriptural manner...