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by | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The early Christians constantly practiced love, comfort, admonition, service, forgiveness, submission, teaching, confession, and encouragement. The list of verbs points to an intense activity that took place among believers in house...

Belonging Before Believing

by | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Stephen Daigle, College and Young Adult Pastor at Celebration Church, www.celebrationchurch.org Growing up, I had always been under the impression that ‘bringing your friends’ to church was not only my Christian duty, but it was the most effective way of...

A Two Wing Church Can Fly, part 2

by | Jun 18, 2019 | Uncategorized

by Dr. Bill Beckham The story of the two-winged church is clearly articulated in the New Testament: Acts 2:46: “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.” Acts...

A Two Winged Church Can Fly, part 1

by | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

by Dr. Bill Beckham I was frustrated after talking with a group of graduate students from Texas A&M University in 1990 about the church in small groups. After they left, I went into my study and typed out this little parable verbatim about the large group and...