Posted on May 29, 2008 by mattdabbs
I think we have all figured out by now that you cannot put God in a box. Have you ever thought about the fact that out of the 13 or so billion people who have ever lived over thousands and thousands of years of human history less than 1 billion of them were influenced by [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2007 by mattdabbs
Herman Neutic was born amidst the Greek philosophers and Jewish rabbis in the centuries prior to the birth of Christ. While publicly very quiet and reserved, much was written about him in the two millennia since his birth. He has been surrounded by much controversy in the last two hundred years that ultimately resulted in [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2007 by mattdabbs
There has been a real emphasis lately on spirituality being a journey/process rather than the modernist approach that looks at it as discrete steps. The modern approach broke down scripture very logically. The result in Restoration Movement churches was the five-step plan of salvation:
Hear
Believe
Repent
Confess
Baptism
While these things are scriptural, many have rejected such a discrete and [...]
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