Category Archives: Church
The Church–Body and Bride of Christ
I finally got a video put together going over how the Church is both the Body and Bride of Christ. I apologize for it not being the best video, but it took me > 8 tries to put it together … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Plan of God
Reflections: What Takes Away From Your Priorities?
Yesterday was the last day of Daylight Savings Time in the United States. Everything eventually comes to an end, eh? “What if this was the last message I could give?” Every writer has a way to prepare, whether it is … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Doctrine, Plan of God
Wedding Vows: Christ and the Church
OK, I’ve just published the wrap-up of the Wedding Vows series with “The Wedding Vows, Part 4: Christ and the Church”. So, this has been a lot of writing for one week, in addition to a busy week at work. … Continue reading
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Filed under Church, Marriage and Sexuality
Getting Government Approval
James Malm on his TheShiningLight Blog article “Mass Movements & a Governance Proposal” rants about the corporate church structure in general. In doing so, he tries to make a distinction between the marketing of an idea (political, mass and religious … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Government
“And Satan Came Also Among Them”
Well, I really should be working on a different article for a different site, but this really does burden my mind. The need for this topic and another similar one causes me no small amount of grief. 6Now there was … Continue reading
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Repentance and the Church
Rev 2:5: “…except thou repent.” v 16: “Repent…” v 21: "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." v 22: "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with … Continue reading
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Reflections: Moving Forward
Those who are familiar with the origins of the ICG and the CGI, will remember that this church was born in pain. There were some 554 of us who attended the first CGI Feast of Tabernacles in 1978, and virtually … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Forgiveness, Reflections, Relationships
The More Things Change, the More Laodicean Labels Get Passed Out; But COG-America Is no More, Dr Bob
Busy day. In between trying to actually get some work done, I’ve been tying up the bow tie ribbon to place on my ex-UCG life. I don’t want to burn any bridges, at least locally, and I need to finish … Continue reading
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Church of God–America, Anchored in Scripture
Funny how things work sometimes. I fully intended this morning to write about Latin America and Leon Walker. Leon Walker’s insistence that he and his followers are still part of UCGia, even though he and the ministers under him were … Continue reading
Filed under Church, Church History
The Spirit of Laodicea
I recently wrote about the hypocrisy of Laodicea. Of course, I was focusing in on one single point. I think it is necessary to do that from time to time, but we do have to be careful not to lose … Continue reading