Allan Snodgrass
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Connecting The Dots. Bible Teacher, Perpetual Student, Husband, Dad, Fly Fisherman, Business Executive.
Joined May 2012
Read this and consider what God has done. You have been told that Christianity is about being good, about living right, about trying harder, but that is not the gospel. The gospel is not moral advice, it is divine power. It is not the call to self improvement, but the summons to
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Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar all see the world as boiling down to good verses bad. They insist God is good and evil is bad. Makes sense. Job protests saying that’s not how it works. It’s not that simple. E, B and Z are all identified as wrong, by God. Is their error and the root
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Psalm 55:4-8 V4: My soul is in anguish and terror frightens me to death. V5: I am afraid and shaking, feeling horror inside. V6: If only I had wings, I would fly out of here and escape these thoughts and feelings. V7: I would run to a quiet place in the mountains. V8: I would
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How would you explain this passage to a new believer struggling with differences of perspective inside the church?
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Is Paul saying there are multiple ways to understand the gospel? Why or why not?
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Describe a situation where you disagreed with another believer but it ended well between you.
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What is the difference between correcting false teaching and belittling someone who thinks differently?
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Romans 14:15-23. Walking with others in love means you do not begrudge them their differences. Do not demean others who are in Christ. Therefore, do not call something evil that is in Christ. Christ’s reign we now experience is not about doing the right thing. It is about
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What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
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It is not your acts of sin that are fatal. It is the denial you are a sinner that is fatal.
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Who Does the Verbs? - Ezekiel 36. Dive into the Bible in One year series at https://t.co/Yrg5F0E7Fx for the reading guide and to catch up on previous posts. #BibleinOneYear #Biblestudy
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Joy doesn’t come from the experience of joy, but from the Object in which you find joyful. Joy experienced is the byproduct of the thing that gave it. Curiously therefore, the experience of it takes us immediately outside self.
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There are three reasons you “Do the right thing”. First, because you make a willful choice. Second, because it intellectually makes sense. Third, spiritually you have become inclined to do so.
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Your hardest season isn’t punishment. It is curriculum. -Murray
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CS Lewis said a human is made up of three concentric circles. At center is the will. Next the intellect. Then imagination. All three work in concert.
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Luke 24:44-45. Jesus said, "I explained that all things written about Me in scripture would be fulfilled by Me." Then He opened their minds to understand. God does not merely provide the information so you can make a response. He provides the "opening" that causes the response.
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