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• To Prophesy or Not to Prophesy

  By Phillip_G on January 1, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1 Corinthians 14:24, Paul starts out, “if all of you are prophesying… .”  Let me stop right there.  Paul’s very statement there is significant, because he makes the assumption that it is possible for everyone to prophesy . . . Paul directly assumes that everyone can prophesy, and it implies that it is a normal part of the gathering together process.

• Must Christians Observe the Weekly Sabbath?

  By Phillip_G on October 25, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction The observance of the Sabbath, who should observe and when and even how, has been a topic of discussion for thousands of years.  It’s not a surprise that this topic has surfaced again in our current age.  The Jews… Read More ›

• Welcome!

  By Phillip_G on September 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve been down the traditional road, but over the past fifteen years, or so, however, I have been taken beyond tradition by some of the most simple truths of scripture.

• Buyer Beware!

  By Phillip_G on November 1, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  How do we know that a simple, or organic, church is genuine? Here are some things to beware of in and to look for in finding a simple organic church.

• The Forgotten Priesthood

  By Phillip_G on September 6, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a priesthood that no one seems to be talking about anymore. It began a long time ago and continues to this day. It is spoken of in the holy scriptures. It still exists today yet ever so quietly, and is overlooked, and even forgotten, by most in the modern Church.

• Was Jesus Crucified on Friday?

  By Phillip_G on April 5, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  What were the sequence of events that occurred on that Holy Week almost 2000 years ago? Church tradition says that Jesus was crucified on Friday, and rose on Sunday morning, but this is highly improbable since Jesus said that He… Read More ›

• What Can We Learn From St. Nicholas?

  By Phillip_G on November 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  As Christians in the twenty-first century in the Western world, we see the commercialization of Christmas and how St. Nicholas was changed to a secular magical figure. But the lessons we learn from the life of St. Nicholas can remind us how we ought to live each day.

• Fighting For the Soul of a Nation

  By Phillip_G on June 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Is it time to win back our nation, to take it back for God? Is this the mission and the purpose of God’s people in our age?

• Get it Straight! It’s Not Just About Heaven!

  By Phillip_G on October 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Jesus didn’t come to tell everybody the Good News that we can go to heaven when we die. He came to declare that the Kingdom of God, or as Matthew calls it the Kingdom of Heaven, has come to this earth.

• Purely Worship

  By Phillip_G on March 14, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  This was not what I was accustomed to on Sunday mornings, where hymns were sung with an expected austerity that was interpreted as reverence. But in this young assembly, I saw other young people celebrating the God I had become so deeply endeared to. I realized that my emotions, given by God, could be expressed so that others may see my joy in being His child. This experience was a game changer for me.

• Is God Really With Us?

  By Phillip_G on December 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At His birth the angels proclaimed, “Peace on earth, goodwill to men.” But that was so long ago! Where is the promised peace and goodwill to all?

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