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Bob and Juan’s comments have led me to change my schedule for examining how we determine if our inspirations are worthy to be judged God’s Word. Bob continues to remind us there is always going to be differences of opinion, especially in our time of radical democracy. Juan, representing thoughtful evangelicals who are pretty much [...]
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Throughout our history the Church has determined what it accepts as the Word of God by balancing many elements of tradition: charisma, canon, creed, clergy, ceremony, custom, and community. She is constantly correcting the problems that develop when one or more of these gets out of balance. For instance, the Reformation attacked the Roman Church’s [...]
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- bob nordvall: Speaking Electronically If any further proof were needed of the new electronic age, it came last [...]
- Fritz Foltz: Lupe sent the following email that I think is helpful: This week you raised a very interesting issue [...]
- bob nordvall: Between communion and the potluck church supper Fritz proposes making conversation at the meal to [...]
- bob nordvall: In a country with a state established church, that church is less dependent upon the will and contri [...]
- jmaldon: Pastor Fritz has pointed in the past that charismatic preachers claim reliving the primitive church. [...]
- LESSON 46 CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY
- LESSON 45 GOD’S WORD IS SPOKEN
- LESSON 44 Conversation as Discernment
- LESSON 43 CONVERSATION AS DISCERNMENT
- LESSON 42 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY IV
- LESSON 41 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD-COMMUNITY III
- LESSON 40 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY II
- LESSON 39 HOW WE DETERMINE GOD’S WORD- COMMUNITY I
- LESSON 38 HOW WE DETERMINE THE WORD OF GOD- CLERGY
- LESSON 37 HOW DO WE DETERMINE GOD- CEREMONY