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The church is the body of Christ. Wherever He goes, there is the church, wherever the church goes, there is Jesus.
December 26, 2009
"If you’re reading this article it’s probably because you’re a person who is questioning the validity of an institutional approach to your relationship with God and fellow religious seekers. Quite possibly you are also questioning the institutional…
December 23, 2009
Hi Paul, just started posting again on Grace, so sorry for not responding before. I personally don't see a need to go to church, my son has a home church that my wife and I attend once a month b/c of the distance in traveling. I read my bible and pr…
December 23, 2009
Paul Spencer and Luke Darlow are now friends
December 11, 2009
fellowship is authentic when you have a bond with others born out of a common understanding. If your beliefs differ from the majority of people you attend church with, you cannot experience fellowship. Our fellowship must be based on the true gospel…
November 21, 2009
The charismatic church has gone over the top when it comes to deliverence and the like. Word of Faith has made a formula out of "moving the hand of God". The church has made a work out of faith. It is little wonder that there seems to be such stress…
November 14, 2009
David, Thanks for helping stir some thing with the perspective of "Being" the soil. Most often we view the parable as the soil being those that we present the seed to, it was never my favorite story as such. I found too many giving it as justificati…
November 9, 2009
Jeff, Amen! I hope you will allow me to jump in here. It all goes back to the works mentality of man. It is the 'do good get good, do bad get bad' mentality which permeates our society, family life and foremost our relationship with the LORD. I was…
November 8, 2009
"I believe one of the problems facing the Church today is that we preach a new testament life, yet attempt to live it out by old testament means." I believe this to be at maybe the very center of the problem in this country. There are a lot of mini…
November 7, 2009
You stated, "We have to receive the "it is finished" before we can live like it is finished. For some reason that is hard for us." And there in lies the problem. We come from the mindset, mentality, experience(?) or however one wants to look at it…
November 6, 2009
Paul says we lack the outward appearance of who we are to be because: 2Pe 1:9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. The word "forgotton" is from two root wo…
November 6, 2009
Good insight Jeff - You rightly stated, "We may have exalted the local assembly above the heavenly Kingdom." Perhaps even worse, we may have disconnected the two altogether. In which case, "we all are in a sad place." Nonetheless, we have a God w…
November 6, 2009
amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
November 6, 2009
Jeff I believe you may have said something profound. I think the lines that define the local assembly have been blurred almost from the beginning. Anytime something is skewed from what God has intended, we all fail to benefit. Church history from t…
November 6, 2009
Perhaps we (the Body of Christ) have forgotten and/or neglected the "purpose" of the local church (IC or not). In doing so, we may have failed to benefit from said purpose. Instead of incorporating the "grace" message (and grace lifestyle) within th…
November 5, 2009
Thanks for your post Jeff, that's just right - I could simply not add anything to what you've said - I agree entirely. Thanks for the link Jimmy - I read the blog entry. I know Stanley, I read his Blogspot blog - I didn't know he was on multiply.
November 5, 2009

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The Parable of the Talents

What Does This Parable Mean?

In the light of teaching on God's grace, I have some issues with the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25. Traditionally, this text has been used by legalistic churches in order to "press gang" beleivers into doing "something" for God. Even though some beleivers have come to church with all kinds of hurts, sorrows and burdens - this has not stopped many preachers from using this text to patronise Christians into making efforts to put on, what can only be desc… Continue

Posted on April 26, 2009 at 6:04pm —

Paul Spencer

New Testament Repentance

Introduction

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:1-2 nkjv


There is much debate in the church regarding the subject of repentance. There are some people who hold fast to the belief that believers ought to confess… Continue

Posted on April 25, 2009 at 2:11pm — 2 Comments

Paul Spencer

Love The Sinner – Hate The Sin

There is a saying in the church, “Love the sinner – hate the sin”. But like many sayings in the church, the reasoning behind it is flawed and unscriptural. Such sayings belong to a bygone age of the church and should have long since been forgotten.

A lot of the errors that we are seeing in the church are caused by confusion over the truth which causes some Christians to cling to Old Testament ideals. Jesus came to refute such erroneous thinking. In the Old Testament we see the phrase, “A… Continue

Posted on April 24, 2009 at 12:20am — 6 Comments

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Challenges, Platitudes and Pep-talks

Introduction

I was thinking to myself recently that the content of many Christian sermons tend to fall into what I see as being three broad categories: challenges, platitudes and pep-talks.

Challenges

There seems to be something rather exciting about being challenged in church. There is something that appeals to us when we are asked something like, “Will you be the one to rise-up and go the extra mile for God?” Maybe it makes us feel special and privileged, like our Daddy… Continue

Posted on April 21, 2009 at 10:04pm — 2 Comments

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At 5:47pm on July 11, 2009, Megan Fey said…
Hi Paul! That's you? Your hair is darker, you look different...haha. Thanks for the comment. I'm not on this a lot but I think I will be on here more once I get used to it. Pretty much this is a discussion board and people post and comment, right?
At 3:24am on May 21, 2009, Joel Brueseke said…
Hehehe... I really liked those words of yours. "Bite sized chunks" is such a fitting description for what we're trying to do. :)
At 3:07am on May 17, 2009, Mike Kapler said…
Hi Paul, thanks for the note. I don't know how much time I'll have to be on here, but hopefully I'll be able to because it looks pretty cool (and I haven't even looked at anything yet!). Just signed up for Facebook a short while ago so if you're on there, invite me on your friends list.
At 2:31pm on May 7, 2009, Joel Brueseke said…
Hi Paul... it's so good to have met you and to begin to get to know you!
At 9:40pm on April 18, 2009, Theo van Zijl said…
I read your testimony on your blog. I really sensed such an openness in how you present your life to others. My mind went to a time when Jesus met Nathanael and said to him "an Israelite without any deceit nor falsehood or duplicity" (amp). When I was reading your blog this thought concerning you just overwhelmed my mind. Blessings my friend.
At 9:34am on April 14, 2009, Chinedu Chinweokwu said…
Hi Paul,
I just started a new blog, chineduonline.blogspot.com, see if you like it, won't mind ur comments. cheers
At 9:51pm on April 12, 2009, Suzy Nicholas said…
Welcome Paul!!!!!! I can hear grace ooozing out of your life ... Share much my brother and know you are eternaly blessed in Christ
Much love, Suzy
At 8:39pm on April 12, 2009, Chinedu Chinweokwu said…
Hi my facebook friend. we meet again. MORE GRACE....
 
 
 

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