Tag: false teaching
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Motivations for Ministry
1 Thessalonians 2:1-3 “For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. . . For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive” Motivation for ministry: it’s such a critical thing. As Paul recounts the underlying characteristics of his fruitful ministry among the Thessalonians, he describes both what it was, and…
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Avoiding Wolves
1 Thessalonians 2:5 “For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness” How do you know if your pastor or the Christian teachers you listen to are legitimate? In other words, how do you know if you are being influenced by a false teacher? There are…
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The Problem with Plausible Things
Colossians 2:1-4 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is…
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Another Gospel
Galatians 1:6-9 “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel…
To Encourage You 