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Galatians

The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. It is principally concerned with the controversy surrounding Gentile Christians and the Mosaic Law within Early Christianity. Along with the Epistle to the Romans, it is the most theologically significant of the Pauline epistles, and has been particularly influential in Protestant thought.

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Hebrews

Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Did God really abolish His Covenant that David, Paul and Timothy said was perfect?  This verse by verse teaching on the book of Hebrews is the final key to understanding what exactly the New Covenant is. One change in a legal document makes void the entire document. A new one must be formed. But does this mean that the ENTIRE original contract is void or is just what was changed? This series details exactly what was changed, why it was changed and exactly what was done away with. This study is the final compliment to the Romans and Galatians series.

Beyond Faith

Have faith.  Have faith.  Have faith. Just have faith. We’ve all heard that before at one time or another, right? But what does it mean? Why is it so important? How do I get more of it and how do I use it when I have it? These questions and more are answered in this teaching that will take you Beyond Faith.

Jim

Is that Truth or Tradition?

The concept of salvation is about as diverse as there are denominations.  The reasons for this are because there are so many scriptures that speak to the subject from so many angles and so many people looking at the subject from their own perspective as well as their own bias.  This complicates the issue drastically, as most of us do not actually pull from the scripture exegetically what it says from the authors intended point of view, but we find the scriptures that fit our viewpoint and then read into them what we already believe. 

The belief that one is saved by “asking Jesus to come into their heart” is no exception.  In my opinion, the origin of this doctrine comes straight out of early 3^rd and 4^th century Roman Catholic thinking.  Much of the doctrine we have today can be attributed to those two centuries. Short cuts in almost every area of the early Christian doctrines were taken for the purpose of making it easier for the pagan world to convert to Christianity.  I believe that this over simplified statement of “asking Jesus to come into our hearts” is a remnant of that early compromised way of thinking.  Read more…. 

Jim

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