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0147 — Grace? or Faith? And?

Grace?  Or Faith?  Or Works? AND Works?  ???

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

How many times have you listened to a [...]

0143 — What Is a Restoration Church?

Sorry, don’t have much time to expound on this right now, but listen to this sermon (really more of a “talk”) when you get time!

Why? Because this “What is…?” talk is from someone with a lot of credibility with the “The Church of Christ IS The Kingdom, inclusively and exclusively” group… and he basically [...]

0141 — Diary of a Believer (001)

I ordered DIARY OF A BELIEVER (by Sheila Gibson) about a week after I first heard about it on Al Maxey’s site.  He did a complimentary review of her book back in July of 2008.  He titled his review “A Quest to Break Free from Religious Mediocrity.”  After reading her book I think a better [...]

0140 — The Franchise Agreement

It’s (Almost) Friday! The Franchise Agreement

[acknowledgements below]

The other day, we elders were chatting about the possibility of canceling Wednesday night services for part of the summer.  The volunteers in our children’s ministry are worn out, and the school year has gotten so long that the summer is filled with mission trips, VBS, and [...]

0139 — Do you have DOGMA? (Part 2)

0139 – Do YOU have DOGMA? (Part 2)

Note:  Part 1 was posted 7/14/2009.  THIS part, Part 2, includes the first posting, for continuity, but then concludes the posting below, i.e., if you read the 7/14/2009 posting when it was published you may think the below is a duplicate, but only the first part below [...]