by jefftunnell | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Jeff Tunnell “When the Church Was a Family”, by Joseph H. Hellerman gave me some keen perspectives on the historical view concerning to whom the New Testament was written. His use of terms like “strong-group societies” helped me see the flaw in our American...
by joelcomiskey | Apr 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Bible was written to people who naturally gravitated toward community. Jesus and all the New Testament writers would not have understood modern individualism. For them, the individual was always a part of a larger social world and this social world was primary. To...
by Mario Vega | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Mario Vega The Lord Jesus taught his disciples to pray to God as father. This idea was quite innovative since in the Old Testament God had been viewed with great reverence and at a distance. He was called “The Most High,” “Almighty,”...
by joelcomiskey | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Steve Cordle There’s an old saying that when you marry a woman, you also marry her family. When we become followers of Jesus, we also get a family in the deal: the family of God! All those who have God as their heavenly father are now your brothers and...
by billjoukhadar | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Bill Joukhadar www.cells-church.com One of the devastating impacts of sin in life is the disintegration of the family as it once was. For many people today, ‘family’ is a meaningless name that does little to ‘add’ to their lives. For these...
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