I was in home group last night and we were discussing Hebrews 6 and 7 in reference to Christ being priest after the order of Melchizedek. Many fruitful truths were gathered from these verses. Truths such as the eternal priesthood of Christ, who allows into the Holy of Hollies. These truths bring joy to our hearts, cultivate praise on our lips, and encourage us onto good works. But then we began to discuss our opinions and theories about who Melchizedek was.
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The Great Commission is stated in the gospel of Matthew as follows, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all…
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A common misconception among Christians today is that all sins are equal in the sight of God. Recently, I was talking with a friend about a guy we knew who had multiple affairs over a period of 5 years. At the end of the conversation my friend said, “Well, all sins are equal in…
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Written on
January 7, 2009 by
Andrew Hyer in
1 Samuel,
David,
Featured,
God,
Israel,
Philistines,
Psalms,
Saul,
spiritual discipline,
Spiritual Growth,
waiting
I recently graduated from seminary and found myself doing something in life I have never really done – waiting. Well, of course I have waited for small things such as my food at a resteraunt or for a long anticipated vacation, but for the most part I have never really had to wait for the…
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Written on
December 5, 2008 by
Andrew Hyer in
Calvinism,
cessasionism,
charismatic,
Featured,
God,
Holy Spirit,
kingdom,
ministry,
purpose,
Reformed,
reformed charismatic
I have spent a few years in the heart of the charismatic movement and a few years studying in a reformed seminary and I thought it worthy to discuss what seems to be the primary vision of these different camps. In the charismatic camp there is this unceasing hunger and pursuit of God’s powerful…
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One thing clear about the Christian worship servicet is that the Bible is not clear on how it “ought” to be performed. There are many different views but only the reformed and charismatic perspectives will be briefly portrayed and examined. On one hand the reformed ideal for a worship service is guided by order and…
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Reformed charismatic, it is not a term that one hears often in the Church. Sometimes when I tell people I am a reformed charismatic my words are met with a dumbfounded expression and a gaze that looks at me as if I were a living paradox. Yet, I want to offer that the reformed and…
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When I was growing up in middle school I read the Bible fairly consistently. I usually read about three chapters a day, and by 8th grade I had already read the entire Bible through once. By my senior year in high school I had read through the Bible another few times. At that time I…
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