Winston Churchill said, “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. That may be a typical response to truth, but it places those who respond that way on the road to tragedy and destruction.
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About two miles from the seaside town of Tabgha stands a 330-foot hill where we believe Jesus delivered his longest recorded speech which we know as the “Sermon on the Mount”. If this is the location, the “Sermon on the Mound” might be a more accurate description, however the title “Sermon on the Mount” has endured throughout Christian history. Perhaps it’s the content of the sermon itself, not the altitude, that is truly inspiring.
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What made this doctrinal crisis work out as beautiful as it did was the Church’s AIM.
First, the church in Jerusalem made sure The gospel, was never compromised.
Throughout this debate, the gospel of Christ, the gift of Jesus shed for our sins, the call to repentance, was never compromised. The church understood what people—Jew or Gentile—have to do to be powerfully saved.
This could have been a moment when the gospel of salvation could have been terribly confused, and the church could have divided over doctrinal misunderstandings.
• But the church preserved what Paul would say to the Corinthians in chapter 1, when he said: If anyone pulls the cross out of the gospel in any way, shape, or form, they’re wrong.
• So the gospel of salvation was preserved in this great debate.
Second, they preserved the unity of the body of Christ.
No one walked.
• We don’t hear ourselves well in today’s society.
• We are being so in love with a customized society in which every person wants everything his or her way.
• Whether we’re talking about business and the stores we go to,
• or the clothing we buy,
• or the job we do,
• everybody demands that you do it his or her way.
• If not, they walk.
Two women were loading up their cars after a trip to the grocery store. As they were putting their groceries into their neighboring cars, one of the women couldn’t help…
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Pergamum was one of the truly great cities of Asia Minor, It was a noted fashion center, extremely wealthy, with a widely varying religious life. Even to this day it…
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The uncertain cultural waters in which we now find ourselves have been a long time in the making. The forces that we witness tearing at the moral fiber of our…
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