Churches cooperating in mission is a good thing, it is a promising start on the road to church unity, but it should not be thought of as a sufficient goal in itself. Tolerance between churches is not what Jesus had in mind for his universal church. It is not sufficient to say that your church …
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Jun 19
The Lowest Common Denominator
Some think of the church unity movement as a search for a lowest common denominator doctrinal statement as if there is some minimum set of beliefs that makes one a Christian. This is the approach of compromise. The ecumenical movement is not about compromise, but truth. We must each honestly admit that we, and the …
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Jun 19
Numbers 6:1-21
Nazirite_Vow Introduction There is very little information from ancient documents or epigraphy to enlighten us about the practice of the nazirite vow. Scholars conjecture about what it meant to be a nazirite. Numbers 6:1-21 provides some ritual guidelines from which scholars try to construct a picture together with the narratives on Samson (Judges 13:5; 16:17) …
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Jun 19
Another Gospel
19/06/2011
Sometimes pastors say that they will not associate with another church because they are “preaching another gospel”. This is a reference to Paul’s warning to avoid any gospel other than the one that he preached (Rom 16:25; 2 Cor 11:4; Gal 1:6, 9; 2 Tim 2:8). It should be noticed that in these passages Paul …
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