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Choose Your Word Wisely

April 23, 2017May 13, 2017 Melinda McDonald

There is a widely held view that we have a responsibility to keep the Church relevant. Some who prescribe to this idea try to achieve relevance through lingo; words with tried and true meanings are switched out for new words. For example, the word mentor is used in the place of discipleship, and “hanging out” instead of fellowship. What we need to understand is that relevance is acceptable in certain areas but not when it comes to a God given word for a concept or idea. When God gives us…

Proper Judgement

January 2, 2017May 2, 2017 Melinda McDonald

But We Have the Mind of Christ 1 Corinthians 2:16 As a believer our judgments must come from the word of God. In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul is addressing the difference between the judgment from the world and the judgment from the body of Christ. This judgment says that it is only through the knowledge of what would God do or what did God say that proper judgment can be made. The mind of Christ is recognized when we as believers judge according to the Word of Christ; when we…