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Biblical Warrant for Sunday School – Word-Centered
Be Bible Bright | Benjamin G. MosesThe Benefit of an Adult “Sunday School” Time – Part 3 This is the third post on Sunday school. This post seeks to give a second reason for why we have biblical warrant for something like Sunday school. Here we will look at the need to be in God’s…
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Biblical Warrant for Sunday School – Discipleship
Benjamin G. Moses | Be Bible BrightThe Benefit of an Adult “Sunday School” Time Part 2 In the previous post on the history of Sunday school, I said that Sunday school accomplishes some of what the church is commanded to do in the Scriptures. This implies that something like Sunday school is much older than the 16th century…
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The Benefit of an Adult “Sunday School” Time – A Brief History
I am a part of a church that has a “Sunday School” time before our whole church meets together for corporate worship on Sunday morning. As with many local churches, our Sunday school attendance is considerably lower than what church leadership would like it to be. This four-part series seeks to demonstrate the value…
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Is Bethel a Cult? Understanding Bethel Church Beliefs
Ryan JamesExplore the question: Is Bethel a cult or something else entirely? Discover insights into Bethel Church beliefs and understand the controversies surrounding this organization. The question has been asked many times, is Bethel Church a cult? While the church does display some characteristics of a cult I do not believe it fair to label…
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Praising God In the Good Times
Ryan JamesIt seems that one of the main issues currently affecting the church is the tendency to only turn to God in times of need. While it is good to seek God’s help when we are suffering, it is not right to only turn to him during difficult times. We should also seek him during…
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Generalizations and Offensiveness
Be Bible Bright | Benjamin G. MosesFind out what the bible says about offensiveness and how are goal should not be trying to always avoid it. Should we try to be winsome Christians avoiding speaking the truth because it might offend someone? Benjamin G Moses seeks to answers this question. appealing, and it is surely…
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Before the Fall (Gen. 1-2): Exploring Gender in the Bible-Part 1
Moriah Grace Gender Before the Fall Author’s Note: This article will cover all mentions of God’s and human’s genders in Genesis 1 and 2, inspecting the Hebrew language of each verse. Of note, some differences may be noticed between this article and some of the layout choices promised in the introduction. I have added a…
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Introduction To Gender and the Bible
Moriah Grace Throughout the ages the Bible has been used to back up many views of gender, oftentimes even opposing views. Taken out of context, or purposely misinterpreted, anything can be used wrongly, including the Word of God. While the Bible is infallible in that it itself is correct and does not include mistakes, humans…
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Responding to the Wisdom of Proverbs
Be Bible BrightBenjamin G. Moses The Bible is a book of wisdom. Now that does not mean that other kinds of literature don’t exist in the Bible, but it is to say that all of the Bible provides us wisdom or reveals to us the One who is Wisdom. Throughout the Bible, God is pictured…
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What Does the Bible Say About Joy
Ryan James n the following section of 1 Peter, we will explore how Peter establishes the source of our true joy. Peter explains that our joy does not come from the world, but rather from our salvation through Jesus Christ. It can seem almost impossible to find joy in such an evil era of history.…
