Tag: protestant
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Best NOT Preach This
Last time in our Saturday Post series on Doctrine (of and for the Church) we examined some DISTINCTIONS of D. Martyn Lloyd Jones on the Christian Life from a Jason Meyer biography, DOCTRINE AND LIFE AS FUEL AND FIRE. This Saturday we will not only continue with some of those distinctions, but I will introduce…
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Denominations / Why can’t we all just get along?
It’s a great question isn’t it? And from this street-level philosopher we might extrapolate questions like: “Why can’t all the church just get along?” or “Why can’t churches of ALL denominations just get along?” or “Shouldn’t OUR church teach tolerance of all poor street philosophers and inclusively preach THEIR philosophies from every religion?” THEIR Two-faced…
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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…
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Honor and Glory be to God in the Highest
A protest song? I grew up in the 1960’s, a time full of protest songs. And this was one of my favorites, an a capella version in English from a German composer. So what qualifies this as a protest song? BACH was a Protestant. For years his hymns and music heavily taken from Scripture were…
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Sola Protestants: 5 Differences
ONLY FIVE – 5 Sola’s of the Protestant Reformation You likely understand something of the history of the Church, especially if you’ve followed my previous Saturday posts on Doctrine or our current series in ACTS. Sola in celebration of ‘Reformation Day’ of the Protestant Church, I’ll ask: ‘Do you know what Protestants were protesting about…
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ONLY SCRIPTURE: The Highest Authority of GOD!
What is perhaps the most divisive issue of the ages? THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE! – ONLY Scripture. And GOD SAID..! Who said, God said this or that? Must we consult the authority of a man? Dare we follow such a teacher? How can I know IF God really said it and where can I find…
