12. Preparation - Part 1

Why don’t more of we, Christians, annotate our Bibles like we would read works by Steinbeck, Dickinson, Hemingway, or Shakespeare? Sitting in high school and university English class was clearly about engaging literary text in a way involving research, creative thinking, and striving to understand deeper meanings of the words in the context of the time period and culture.

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11. Health Discussion Part 4 - What can the Church Learn from the Medical Community?

…More and more of the medical community are coming to the realization about what their patients are eating in the hospital is completely counter to providing the patient with the optimal nutrition to prevent the illnesses they are being treated for. Shilpa Ravella, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, states in her blog post “the science linking a poor diet to illnesses like heart disease and cancer is robust.

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10. Health Discussion Part 3 - What We "Should" Do vs. What Is "Acceptable" to Do

How do we justify the way we eat today based on biblical references? I’d like to take a moment and address a few of those verses and dive deeper into the original text and determine what the original texts were referring to and how the new translations of the bible have caused some confusion; as well as, has become the basis as to why most people say we should allow people to eat what they want as long as they are following God’s word.

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09. Anti-warrior & Warrior, Palaiós, What is a Paladin?

The reality is, people’s lives were formed and shaped leading up the moment when God chose to use them and work through them. God has his plan and he forms you as the clay through your life. All of your life experiences were masterfully catered to you by God to form you for the future of the Kingdom. 

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08. What They Never Taught You in Sunday School

People need to know the truth and not told that if they want to learn more they have to continue jumping over hurdles. I don’t believe Jesus talks laid out this type of introductory structure in the Bible so I don’t understand why contemporary churches have adopted this model over the years.

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07. Why Now, Walking With the Holy Spirit, Equipping Men

Just because we stand and say, “I believe” during a church service doesn’t insure we will inherit the Kingdom of God. It is so much more in the relationship, the way we live out our lives for Christ and being present in the Holy Spirit than it is just to say a couple words and join a bible study.

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06. Health Discussion Part 2 - Worldly Health vs. Biblical Health

We need to radically change the way we, as Christian’s, view diet and health in our church and community culture. When the topic of food and diet is brought up in community with one another. This only comes with helping one another, providing inspiration to others and holding each other accountable.

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05. Biblical Health Part 1 - Worldly Health vs. Biblical Health

As Watchmen in Christ, it is our duty to hold one another accountable in all things including diet and exercise; yet it seems the world focuses more on health and fitness than Christian men. Men’s morning bible studies begin with donuts. Men’s afternoon bible studies consist of pizza and soda. Men’s retreats have seemingly endless supplies of comfort food. Men’s monthly breakfast is near all we can eat buffet of mostly unhealthy options. After God said all is acceptable and safe to eat, have we misused God’s gift to us?

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03. What is Safety, A Boy from Northern Nigeria, Realty Check

Men from Boko Haram stepped forward with machete’s and walked toward the group. The grown men and women were approached first. And then it began…. I didn’t get the chance to learn more about his story. How did he survive? How did he get here? How had he been at this IDP camp for a year coping with this tragedy as a 10-year-old boy?

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02. Warriors Join David, Heavenly Reward, Extremist Groups in Scripture

We are the specifically selected men defecting from the enemy, to join the ranks of Heaven’s Armies

1 Chronicles 12 – The Warriors join David”

“12 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; 2 they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.

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01. WWII, The Blitz, Blackout Church Culture

Nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The raids followed the failure of the German Luftwaffe to defeat Britain’s Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain

The daylight attack against London on September 7, 1940, marked the opening phase of the German bomber offensive against Britain, which came to be called the Blitz after the German word “blitzkrieg,” meaning “lightning war.”

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