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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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The Martyrdom of Saints
The martyrdom of saints is something we have recently seen nowadays. It has become more real for us as new technology has shown us in our times. Yet, the martyrdom of believers isn’t something new at all. Fox’s book of Martyrs documents the lives of believers who have been killed from their faith. The martyrdom […]
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Ready to Die For the Lord – Acts 21:1-14
Here is the audio recording for Acts 21:1-14 taught during our Sunday School hour at Village Bible Church. Paul left Ephesus and now heads to Jerusalem.Commentators see a parallel between our Lord Jesus and Paul. Both do a final journey to Jerusalem (see Luke 9:22,44; 18::31-34 and compare with Acts 20:22-24; 21:4; 21:10-11) where suffering is […]
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Encouraging Leaders of the Church to Lead Well (Elders/Pastors/Bishops) Acts 20:17-38
Here is the audio recording for Acts 20:17-38 taught during our Sunday School hour at Village Bible Church. In this section Paul addresses the elders (bishops, overseers, bishops) of Ephesus. The elders (“presbyteroi” v. 17- see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5) are the leaders of the church who lead with maturity. They are also the bishops or overseers […]
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I Count My Life of No Value to Myself
Paul had a singular life focus but not for himself. In this over thirty years as a believer Paul travelled over 8,700 miles by foot, about 15,000 in his lifetime, planted at least 14 churches and wrote 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament and suffered a lot. All for the Gospel of […]
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Encouraging & Strengthening Others, Worshipping on the Lord’s Day! Acts 20:1-17
It is interesting too that today in our Sunday School we got to put into practice much of what we learned. We had a visitor that showed up seeking help and from the moment she walked into our church one of our class members spoke to her. She came to our class, listened and cried. […]
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What Keep Us From Believing God
Yesterday I was listening to Numbers 13:26-33. This passage struck me as I thought about what keeps us believing God’s promises. “The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them […]
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You Crown the Year with Goodness – 2014
“You crown the year with Your goodness;Your ways overflow with plenty.” Psalms 65:11 Looking through my short journal entries for 2014, I see how it has been full of twists, turns and changes. We’ve had job changes, deaths of friends, enjoyable trips and events, a wedding and many challenges. But in all of this, we […]
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Hispanic Culture: Tiempo
Hispanics (as other cultures as well) are notoriously known for being late, according to those who go by their watches and not by the Hispanic cultural watch. If for example, you invite someone to a party they will can show up two or more hours late. I’m not kidding here. Not too long ago we […]
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The Threat of the Way, the Foolishness of Idolatry and God’s Mission – Act 19:21-20:1
Here is the audio recording for Acts 19:21-20:1 taught during our Sunday School hour at Village Bible Church. The Threat of the Way, the Foolishness of Idolatry and God’s Mission The Gospel transforms the way we live and those things that we thought were worthwhile become meaningless in light of the cross. When this transformation happens […]
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