“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. (Mark 14:6) Coming to Jesus fundamentally changes our entire being and existence in this world. This new life we live is in the power of God, rather than Satan (Acts 26:18). We have been delivered from darkness into Christ’s Kingdom (Colossians 1:16). We have been born again (John 3:3). We are now children of…
Loyalty This is my church. Right or wrong. I will defend my church. This is ideology.This is comfortable.This is the ten spies, not the two spies.This defends the status quo. This is playing politics.This takes no courage. We always did it this way.We will protect and defend even if some things are wrong. This destroys by allowing wrong to continue. Integrity This is my church, but something is wrong. Some things must…
https://youtu.be/zgGGnsBnhiE A major point in Reformation history is staring us straight in the face. The Anabaptists never called themselves Anabaptists. They just called themselves "disciples", "brothers". There's a reason why everyone else started calling them Anabaptists, which basically became like a synonym for "crazy radical". It was an easy way to dismiss what they had to say. Menno Simons would say, "True evangelical faith...". That is what they were preaching. That is…