Tag Archives: Doctrine

0148 — IS God “in control?”

God’s will does not always come to pass. Does that sound… wrong… somehow? How many times have we heard, though normally stated in softer, more compassionate terms, “Just get over it!  It happened, so it was obviously God’s will; accept … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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0146 — IMPOSSIBLE to Repent!

Dear ISI’ers, I saved this back in March from a posting by Jay Guin to put in the blog sometime. I was impressed all over again reading it just now, refreshing my memory as to why I had saved it … Continue reading

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0145 — Falling from Grace?

There’s not a lot for me to add to the plagiarized (well, it’s not plagiarized if I give credit to whom credit is due, right?) posting from Jay Guin except “Amen!” I especially appreciate his definition of legalism; I think … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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0138 — Do YOU have DOGMA?

Well, do you?  Have DOGMA, that is? What is dogma, anyway?  Is it bad or good?  Well, I suspect that the answer is:  It depends. What is dogma? Merriam-Webster thinks it is: 1 a: something held as an established opinion … Continue reading

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0137 — “Antithetical Thinking?” What’s that?

CENI: Antithetical Thinking Posted: 04 May 2009 05:00 AM PDT by Jay Guin   We humans have a natural tendency to overreact to emotionally traumatic events. We tend toward avoidance behaviors, that is, if one dog bites us, we stay … Continue reading

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0134 — “GO!”, or “As you go…” ?

I have been tasked (that word sounds onerous, but in this case it is not; in fact, it is a blessing!) to teach the 20s/30s class Sunday morning.  In 35 minutes or less (assuming our starting activities, including prayer, take … Continue reading

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