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  • Church – Questioning Preaching and Teaching

    What are OUR answers? The Questions so far: Did God really say, Church? Who believes that God created the CHURCH? Did Scripture really say..? From our site moderator and author, Roger@TalkofJESUS.com [Your response or question by email is welcome.] Does the preacher of the Word who shepherds your church have the integrity to ALWAYS use the…

  • Is the CHURCH still Christian?

    What makes a church Christian? Can we tell from it’s SIGN on the DOOR or internet invitation? Does a traditional denomination make a church Christian? OR does its NAME etched in its brand guarantee preaching of Biblical Christianity? Defining & Refining CHURCH Labels As we observed last time concerning labels like ‘evangelical Christians,’ labels don’t…

  • ACTS on Mission

    UPDATE: March 12, 2024 C.E. The APOSTLE Paul is getting under way once more returning toward home from his FIVE-YEAR 3rd Missionary Journey. ~A.D. 47 – A.D. 55 NOW that we have begun 2024 C.E. lingering to consider Paul’s letters to the Church, we join the Apostle on his return to Antioch and Jerusalem at…

  • That’s Not Fair! Possessions and Community

    The Saga of Ananias and Saphira From a background of my own evangelical christian American thinking I had always squirmed with a certain sense of unfairness that Ananias and Saphira died instantly at Peter’s feet when the Apostle confronted them about a sale of THEIR OWN possessions. Wasn’t the profit from THEIR MONEY from a…

  • By what power? Political prowess by the powers that be

    “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”  ACTS of the Apostles of Jesus Christ 4:7b Previously and Prior to that.. Their Previous Scene at the Temple Solomon’s Porch (portico) among the grand columns of HEROD’S temple, lasting project of a previous administration also pretentiously guarding what little power Rome would allow,…

  • Peter Replied: Signs Preached from Solomon’s Porch

    ..all the people ran together to them at the portico named Solomon’s, completely astonished. But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people.. Acts of the Apostles 3:11b-12a NASB20 It’s MASSIVE and Magnificent! Herod the Great left a temple to Jerusalem’s elite where MULTITUDES could enter stadium-sized courts rivaling Rome’s great temples. Jewish religious…