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Salvation by Faith Alone
The Bible tells us that faith in Jesus alone can save us and that is it. But then the Bible also paints pictures that say how we live our lives matters to salvation as well. So which is it? Is it faith alone? If so, then what part does good works play in the conversation?…
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The Poor Advantage?
A minister from a popular church released a book a few months back about wealthiness. I skimmed a good portion of it only because I had previously enjoyed the minister’s teachings in the past and I wanted to know what he was saying before I made any judgments. I did not read it because I had…
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The Servant Songs
Paul calls Jesus a “servant,” a powerful image to the people of his time both from a cultural perspective and from within the world of messianic expectation. In this episode we go deeper into the humility of Jesus that Christians are to imitate and takes us deeper into Isaiah’s 4-5 servant songs to show us…
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No Fear in Death
At church tomorrow we’ll be moving into a classic passage from Philippians 2, but before we get there I want to hone in on Paul’s very intriguing attitude in Philippians 1:21-26. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for…
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Prison Letters
In today’s episode we start talking about Philippians. Philippians is one of Paul’s four letters that he wrote from prison. In this particular letter, he is found celebrating the Kingdom work that is coming out of the imprisonment he’s enduring. I want to remind us that the Spirit can call us into persecution and also…
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Women & the Church (Conclusion)
Anyone who thinks Paul is always easy to understand is fooling themselves. Even Peter acknowledges within the Bible that Paul can be a bit confusing sometimes. count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his…
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Cover Your Genitals (Pt 6)
In case things haven’t got weird enough yet in our discussion on women and the church, New Testament scholar Troy Martin did some research on 1 Corinthians 11 in attempts to make sense of Paul’s explanation of head coverings; because on one hand Paul says women should wear head coverings, but then he undoes his logic…
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Cosmological Order (Pt 5)
Paul’s understanding of order is further established in 1 Corinthians 11 in two very shocking ways (one we’ll cover now, and the other tomorrow). For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave…
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Paul’s Women in Ministry (Pt 3)
The New Testament shows Paul’s affirmation of women. He mentions that Eudia and Syntche labored side by side with him in the gospel together (Philip 4:2-3). He mentions that Mary worked hard for those at the Roman church (Ro 16:6). He calls Tryphaena and Tryphosa “workers in the Lord” (Ro 16:12) and writes two verses…
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