CHAT With The Author: Robert Tracy McKenzie; We The Fallen People
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Phil Miglioratti @ Reimagine.Network
Organized church has long taught that Jesus was fully God and fully man, except He did not sin. This is not in the Bible. It was decided by a vote of men in a council. This concept is not Scriptural. However, the council vote may have been Inspi
Read more…My Confession About Confession
Phil Miglioratti
I have a confession to make.
My understanding of confession has been too narrow. Not what I teach from the biblical text but how I disciple Christian believers to pursue
Read more… He who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]? says the LORD.
Is not My word like fire that consumes all that cannot endure the test
and like a hammer that breaks in pieces
Our nation needs Jesus—KING JESUS. He’s more than just a friend.
People are looking for him and to him in this opportune time.
Help us show them the One who rules over ALL things.
Millions have memorized this version based on 17th century English:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 KJV
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Reading Scripture as the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Hermeneutic of Discipleship
by Derek W. Taylor
(New Explorations in Theology)
The Bible is meant to be read in the church, by the church, as the church.
Although the practice of reading Script
Read more…Patterning our Lives after Jesus
UP Discipleship Questions
● In thinking about the 1st Commandment, where’s my intimacy with God at right now? (Matthew 22:37-40, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:25-28)
● How am I intentionally spending
A Teaching on Kindness
Rande Wayne Smith
D.Min., Th.M., M.Div.
[ NOTE: Scroll for the attached file of the complete text below ]
KINDNESS : “Love is kind.” (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Corinth was apparently an unkind city, & it looks as if the Corint
Read more…Why does the Church?
Why do Pastors ... Church Leaders ...
Small Group Directors ... Youth/Children Workers ...?
Need to Reimagine Discipleship?
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In the Way: Church As We Know It Can Be a Discipleship Movement (Again).
I wrote this book with church leaders and pastors in mind, to explain a disciple-making movement (DMM) strategy and how it can be employed in the Church in the West. This approa
Read more…It All Starts with the Threeness of God
NOTE: Christians have been taught to believe in the "Trinity" but I few of us understand what the Bible is reveal ing to us about God's nature. Understanding the "threeness" of God results in:
We all have Prayer Lists.
Phil Miglioratti
Most write their own list. Some simply memorize or visualize who they pray for. Many follow the printed list in the Sunday bulletin. Apps send them to our smartphones.
The difficulty with Prayer Lists is n
Read more…Annual Spiritual Check-up
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets h
Read more…Learning Is Often Preceded by Unlearning
Many people are educated well beyond their capacity for obedience. For those who have grown up in church, it can be easy to assume that learning is the sole way in which we grow as followers of Christ. Sadly
Read more…from “The Winding Path Of Transformation” by Jeffrey Tacklind
an IVPress book
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