Category: Brother to Brother

• My True Value

  April 4, 2017 1 comment

  Reader, once again I find myself among the ranks of the unemployed. (throwing in a “friend or two” who prefer to withdraw without explanation, and the daily encounter with my own ineptitude at fixing things around the house). Once again, I find myself predictably struggling with my self-worth (my true value) slowly spiraling around and […]

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• Three Gods in One? (the Trinity)

  April 2, 2017 1 comment

  The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is a concept which is revealed in scripture but difficult to explain and impossible for any human to understand. Even though we mere mortals cannot explain or fully understand it, this scripture based idea is apparent and crucial to christian foundational theology. The word “trinity” will not be found […]

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• Don’t be Proud of Pride

  March 28, 2017 No Comment

  Pride is an issue of the human heart that has plagued us since the third chapter of Genesis. It severed the relationship between mankind and his God by destroying the foundation of that relationship. Pride planted a single thought into the mind of man sounding like “there are times where you know better than God”. […]

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• Evangelism for Beginners -the sequel

  March 20, 2017 No Comment

  Evangelism is something all believers (including you”beginners”) are called to do (whether you have the spiritual gift of evangelism or not). Matt 28:16-20 “the great commission” 1 Pet 3:15 reminds us to have an answer ready for the faith that is within us.   In a previous post, Why is New England so Hard to Evangelize?, […]

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• Learning Theology from a Dog pt-2

  February 17, 2017 No Comment

  What could anyone possibly learn about theology from a dog?! Last week we talked about fulfilling desire, seeking pleasure and the perceived paradox of a God who created us with desires, yet requires us to abandon the fulfillment of these pleasure to prove our devotion to him. The letter written by Lewis was the foundational […]

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• Learning Theology from a Dog pt-1

  February 9, 2017 No Comment

  What could anyone possibly learn about theology from a dog?!   I came across this article about desire, lust and the apparent contradiction to the Christian paradigm.       People often understand Christian morality to be something of a straitjacket—as if God was giving us completely arbitrary commands that we had to obey just […]

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• The Successful Failure!

  January 16, 2017 No Comment

  Success!  Failure!  These words hold opposite ends of the measuring stick in our culture. Those around us who “drank the koolaid” are quick to attempt to place people at one end of the stick or the other based on they’re perceived success in this world. Struggles are a prerequisite to success however. Without obstacles, what […]

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• Doubt is the brother of Faith

  December 31, 2016 No Comment

  Most christians I know seem to be afraid of doubt; as if it lurked like a wolf in the shadows at night waiting to claim another victim who wandered too far from the light of the campfire. We are called to walk by faith so entertaining doubt is abandoning faith, right ?!  Not necessarily. There […]

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• Which Kingdom do You Want?

  December 24, 2016 No Comment

  Luke 19:40 “And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” (He was correcting them for fighting for the wrong kingdom.)   Lets layout the background of this verse (to refresh our memories) Jesus is riding on the back of a donkey […]

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• What Could be in a Name ?

  December 5, 2016 No Comment

  Names? I have read in the bible various instances of God changing the name of a person to reflect their new “changed” nature (not to mention, the names of God and the character traits they communicate as well). Abram became Abraham, (see Gen 15:5; Abram means exalted father while Abraham means father of the multitude […]

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