April 2003

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Judging the Word of God

One of the fundamental struggles of developing a better walk with God is coming to terms with the reality that God doesn’t do as we might do, and that as humans we are not in position to judge God.  Notice how this works out from a recent email question I received.  The writer spoke of trying to help one who had questions about the inspiration of the Bible.  To resolve those questions his friend had compiled a list of qualities that she believed a book from God must possess.  She asked “If God were to write a book for people to live by what would it look like and what would be in it?” and then set up a list of such qualifications.  Now she was trying to measure the Bible by her criteria. more...

The Church

“Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. ... But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly. ... And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly”[Acts 19:32, 39, 41].

The word translated “assembly” in these verses  is rendered “church”,  most everywhere else in the New Testament..  This helps us to understand “church”. more...

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