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#23 – The Institutional Church
THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH Someone asked what I mean by the “Institutional Church.” (IC) An institution is an organized social unit of any size which uses designated leaders and enforceable rules to influence peoples’ behavior. Members typically have a common sense of purpose, and shared values and beliefs which help give them identity and unity. Family,…
Read More#22 – Counterfeit or Real?
COUNTERFEIT OR REAL? Any-one or any-thing that draws the eyes of my heart away from Jesus is a worthless counterfeit. However, it can still have the power to cheat me out of the priceless gifts of righteousness, peace and joy that are mine in Christ. But how do we know when we are being deceived?…
Read More#21 – By the Word of the Lord
In Jesus’ Name, may it be as settled in our hearts as it is in the heavens! By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all…
Read More#20 – Jeremiah’s Call
Many of you know of my sense that America could only come to this place of chaos because we Christians have not been her preserving salt and guiding light. We’ve been too interested in pursuing the American Dream. But Jesus is coming back for a bride who is “a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle…
Read More#19 – Help For the Saints
HELP FOR THE SAINTSHere are some resources to help you think through current and upcoming events. Most can be read online, downloaded onto your device and/or printed. If plans for Jan. 20 continue as now generally assumed, it probably won’t be long before Christian-base web sites like www.john2031.com will be considered hate speech and will…
Read MoreSo Many Unknowns But – –
To my former 10Minas Blog Readers: I have been posting almost daily on Facebook (Ken Stoltzfus – Kidron) but am now putting the same messages here because of concerns about FB’s censoring of Christian-related materials. Here is my latest post there. More tomorrow! ———————- SO MANY UNKNOWNS BUT – – I’ve never KNOWN a time…
Read More#17 – What’s Your R.O.I.?
Little in life better defines which of the two spirit-kingdoms we find our core identity in, then what we do with our money. “Follow the money” doesn’t only apply to politicians. ROI is a measure used to evaluate the performance of an investment, or to compare one investment to another. Should Christians look at that…
Read More#16 – The Value of a Dollar
What can a dollar do? Or $10, or $50 or $100? And then there’s 1,000 of them, and then 10,000, and on to 100,000 – – and it just keeps going. Money talks. It has power! It promises to fill our stomach, or meet other immediate but short-lived needs. It can promise to make friends…
Read More#15 – Padlocked Bibles
Few of the people groups who need the scriptures in their heart language can speak English. Fortunately, there are usually some bilingual speakers among them who can translate from scriptures in their second language, and it becomes a “source text” for the new translation. (See Blog #14) However, a big obstacle is that most previous…
Read More#14 – Opening the Gates
Every new Bible translation needs a source text, an accurate and easily understandable translation to work from. Nearly every people group in the world has some bilingual speakers in one of 44 known “Gateway Languages” (GLs). These 44 each open the gates for access to many, often hundreds of, local languages and dialects. Unfolding Word…
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