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The the­ol­ogy of Christianity has needed fine tun­ing on numer­ous occa­sions. The Thessalonians, for exam­ple, believed that they had missed the Second Coming, result­ing in a cor­rec­tion from Paul. The early churches dealt with fine-​​​​tuning issues such as whether or not … Continue read­ing →

Around 2,000 years ago, the Old Serpent made an offer to a hun­gry, weak­ened Nazarene  —  an offer that for many would have been irre­sistible. I’m sure you’re famil­iar with the account, but just in case: “Again, the devil took him to a very high … Continue read­ing →

Be ye fol­low­ers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 I have been guilty repeat­edly online of encour­ag­ing peo­ple to fol­low me… on Twitter, on Facebook, on my blog(s)… on numer­ous other places. And cer­tainly, ask­ing peo­ple to … Continue read­ing →

Why did Jesus so often in His deal­ings with those who would come to Him sim­ply tell them to go, repent­ing of their sins? Why, with rare excep­tion, did He not invite peo­ple to fol­low Him, join­ing His assem­bly? Why did … Continue read­ing →