Tag: argument

• [GULP!] …I Might Have Been a Legalist

  The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving…

  Blake

  October 26, 2017

  Acts 15, Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  Acts 15, argument, Barnabas, church, circumcision, conflict, council, discernment, evidence, Hebrew, James, Jerusalem, Judaizer, justice, Paul, Peter

• Due Respect for the Word of God

  Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say… I…

  Blake

  March 27, 2014

  Church Communications, Church Unity, conflict, missional

  argument, Bible, Christian, church, debate, facebook, gender, holy, homosexuality, Isaiah 55, Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 36, Josiah, personal, political, scripture, seam-sex, social, social media. comments, Word

• We Christians and Our Starbucks

  Tuesday Re-mix –  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all…

  Blake

  April 23, 2013

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, Ephesians 4, Peacemakers, The Church’s Influence

  anger, argument, bitterness, conflict, edifying, Ephesians 4, homosexuality, marriage, Microsoft, Nike, peacemnaker, rules, same-sex, scripture, Starbucks