By Victor Gonzalez, on May 24th, 2010%
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CODE BLUE: The Teen Ministry
Guest Editorial: Mike Patterson
Word
Adult Understanding
A Postmodern Teen Understanding
Tolerance
Accepting others’ beliefs and practices without agreeing with or sharing them.
Accepting that every individual’s beliefs, values, lifestyle, and truth claims are valid.
Respect
Giving due consideration to others.
Approving others’ beliefs or lifestyles.
Acceptance
Embracing others for who they are, not necessarily for what they say [...] . . . → Read More: CODE BLUE: The Teen Ministry
By Victor Gonzalez, on April 27th, 2010%
“The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples.” John 4: 1-2Jesus came to earth to die for the sins of the world, to reveal the very nature of God in flesh and blood, and to give His followers [...] . . . → Read More: Group or Individual Discipling? Yes!*
By Victor Gonzalez, on April 23rd, 2010%
Staying Babies in Salvation
HEBREWS 5
Verses 11-14
11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. 12In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid [...] . . . → Read More: Baby ???
By Victor Gonzalez, on April 17th, 2010%
HEBREWS 4:14 – 5:10
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,[e]Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every [...] . . . → Read More: Our Great High-Priest
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 26th, 2010%
Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt, “rest” or “cessation”
A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God
1Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they [...] . . . → Read More: Hebrews 4
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 24th, 2010%
The Colossians exhorted to be heavenly-minded; (1-4) to mortify all corrupt affections; (5-11) to live in mutual love, forbearance, and forgiveness; (12-17)
1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you [...] . . . → Read More: Colossians 3: 1-17
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 20th, 2010%
7So, as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the desert,
9where your fathers tested and tried me
and for forty years saw what I did.
10That is why I was angry with that generation,
and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going [...] . . . → Read More: Hebrews 3:7-19
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 20th, 2010%
The City of Angels Church disciples greeting Oleg, Yelena, Sophiia, and Lydiia Sirotkin at LAX as they arrive from Moscow via Kiev and Tallinn!
. . . → Read More: Oleg and Yelena
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 8th, 2010%
11In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature,[a] not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
13When [...] . . . → Read More: Colossians 2
By Victor Gonzalez, on March 4th, 2010%
Hebrews 3
Jesus Greater Than Moses
1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. 2He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. 3Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the [...] . . . → Read More: Hebrews 3
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