Category: Brother to Brother

  • Subjective Reasoning ?

    Subjective Reasoning ?

    March 12, 2016 No Comment

    I have encountered innumerable people in my 30+ years as a christian who claim to prefer the notion of subjective morality. I would like the reader to note that “christian” here does equal “I am a moral member of society” but is intended to mean “I am a follower of Jesus Christ and His teachings as recorded […]

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  • Mentoring and Discipleship

    Mentoring and Discipleship

    February 13, 2016 No Comment

    I have recently discovered something about myself as I began the process of discipling a new convert just over three months ago. I was using a curriculum supplied from a very prominent and successful church based in CA and even liked the material presented in the weekly materials. Each one focused on a foundational facet of […]

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  • Heart of Christianity

    January 3, 2016 No Comment

    This is the heart of Christianity: following a man (the person called Jesus Christ) who: claimed to be God claimed to have the authority to forgive sins against God the Father claimed to have the authority to heal and perform other miracles in the name of the Father claimed to have the authority to speak […]

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  • Claims of Christ (and His disciples)

    January 3, 2016 No Comment

    (the following is excerpted from a gospelway page (C) Copyright 2003, 2011, David E. Pratte) I. The Christ, the Son of God “Christ” is the New Testament word for the Messiah, the anointed ruler of God’s people as predicted in the Old Testament. “Son of God” refers to Jesus’ special relationship to the Father – a […]

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  • Exclusive Truth

    Exclusive Truth

    December 28, 2015 No Comment

    When a grade schooler is taught mathematics, one of the basic laws is called the law of symmetry A=A 2=2 25-1=24 as opposed to: A=non A 2=3 25-1=19 Simple logic dictates that opposite sides of the equal sign have to balance or actually be equal which is why the equal sign is there between the two sides to begin […]

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  • Battlefield of the Mind

    Battlefield of the Mind

    October 25, 2015 No Comment

    I have heard the phrases used countless times attributing poor fortune, bad health and even poor choices to the intentional effects of the infernal one known as satan (the adversary, the liar, the accuser, the murderer), he actually has quite a notorious resume throughout scripture. He started out as what amounts to the “worship leader” […]

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  • Armor of the Lord (part 5 sword of the Spirit)

    Armor of the Lord (part 5 sword of the Spirit)

    October 11, 2015 No Comment

    Last  week, I wrote about the Helmet of Salvation (pt 4) This week, lets look at “sword of the spirit” (Eph 6:17b) take up … the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. As we established earlier, the soldier’s armor Paul is using as his metaphor is of Roman nature. So the sword […]

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  • Armor of the Lord (part 4 Helmet of Salvation)

    Armor of the Lord (part 4 Helmet of Salvation)

    October 4, 2015 No Comment

    Last week, I wrote about the shield of faith (pt 3) This week, lets look at “helmet of salvation” (Eph 6:17) The roman helmet (galea), depicted here, does more than cover the top of head. It has features not available even in modern helmets such as protection for back of neck and for temples and […]

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  • Armor of the Lord (Part 3 Shield of Faith)

    Armor of the Lord (Part 3 Shield of Faith)

    September 26, 2015 1 comment

    First week, I wrote about the Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness (pt 1) Second week, I wrote about the shoes fitted with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace (pt 2) This week, lets look at “shield of faith” (Eph 6:16) 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able […]

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  • Armor of God – pt. 2 (shoes of peace)

    Armor of God – pt. 2 (shoes of peace)

    September 11, 2015 No Comment

    Last week, I wrote about the Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness (pt 1) This week, lets look at “shoes of peace” (Eph 6:15) Let’s imagine for a moment that you are standing on a floor covered with slippery oil, (note that I did say “standing”) and your task is to push some […]

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