Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Lesson 39: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 1
Read MORE: Lesson 39: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 1Finding myself on vacation, I plan to be more anecdotal in the next couple weeks. Well, perhaps it has to do with more than my vacation. I think we have come to where we truly live our lives. That means…
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Lesson 32: How Do We Determine God’s Word?
Read MORE: Lesson 32: How Do We Determine God’s Word?Throughout our history the Church has determined what it accepts as the Word of God by balancing many elements of tradition: charisma, canon, creed, clergy, ceremony, custom, and community. She is constantly correcting the problems that develop when one or…
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Lesson 28: How Does God Operate Through Words? Part 2
Read MORE: Lesson 28: How Does God Operate Through Words? Part 2Last week Bob commented, “How do we separate these false prophets from those who truly proclaim the word of God? I think to do so we have to have a conception, an overall picture, of what Christianity truly is… So…
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Lesson 11: Giving Up Church
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Giving Up ChurchRemember, we are using “Is it a sin?” as a gimmick for examining what is good for self, others, and society. I was surprised that both the face-to-face classes wanted to discuss giving up church attendance and, again, how they…
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Lesson 6: Care For All
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Care For AllAs Bob observed, “Lupe’s comments throw open the gates in defining salvation, using the concept as a key to address some of the core social and theological issues.” I think that is exactly how the Bible uses the idea. For…
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Lesson 2: The Counter Culture Church – The Radical Life
Read MORE: Lesson 2: The Counter Culture Church – The Radical LifeThis is the second of the four Christian lifestyles we’ll examine from our past. Remember we are talking about designs for living rather than theologies, histories, or even ethics. Some believe this radical lifestyle is the only genuine one, because…
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Lesson 1: Jesus
Read MORE: Lesson 1: JesusWelcome to the new course. It’ll be a little different than the first. I shall try to offer one- page, four- sessions series. Hopefully, that will help everyone to keep up, as the course will work best if we have…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!