by Selma Wilson
Most people see history as a waste of time. It’s not always exciting to hear stories about the past, and many reserve this for the older generation. It’s true that glamorizing the past can leave you longing to go back rather than forward. But ignoring the past ...
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Books
The Forgotten Jesus part 4: How We Really Learn the Bible –
by Robby Galatty
In years past, some churches may have wrongly judged a person’s spiritual maturity by how many services or Bible studies they attended. They might have selected deacons based on how often they showed up at church. Yet, as we all know, frequent church attendance ...
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The Forgotten Jesus part 3: A Purpose is Worth A Thousand Words –
by Robby Galatty
The difference between Eastern and Western thought impacts how we understand the Bible. One key difference between the more dynamic way of thinking of Hebrew culture and our more abstract approach today, is to say that Hebrews focused not simply on how a thing ...
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The Forgotten Jesus part 2: Was Jesus a Carpenter or a Stonemason? –
by Robby Galatty
For centuries, Western Christians have associated Joseph, Jesus’s earthly father, with carpentry. For many of us, we read children’s Bibles that show him teaching young Jesus how to saw, hammer nails, and create wooden joints. But was this the type of work that ...
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The Forgotten Jesus part I: Learning How to Think Like Jesus –
By Robby Galatty
The first step in understanding Jesus as a Jewish rabbi is to take a closer look at the Hebrew language and thought. The Hebrew language tends to be characterized as dynamic, impassioned, and explosive, in contrast to the more abstract and systematic Greek ...
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Four Books on Building a Healthy Church –
Healthy churches are one of the greatest needs in the church today.
Too often churches are held back from their potential because of a lack of leadership, misplaced vision, or a tendency for members within the church to talk past one another.
Over the last several years, Dr. ...
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