September 20, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Church, Word, Ministry, Spirit, Equipped, empowered, emplaced
Like a football player who refuses to show up on the field is useless even though he has all his equipment and training, the Word is useless in you, and your spiritual gifts are wasted in you, unless you are part of a local church where you can exercise your Spirit-given gifts according to the Word of God to “strive to excel in building up the church.” God’s will is ...
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July 18, 2018
by Geoff Meadows
| Tags: Studies, God, Trinity, Church, History, Word
Although I was initially apprehensive about going back to school, the depth of Bible teaching offered through Union has blessed me in the following three ways....
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July 6, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Word, Law, Heart, understanding, light
Therefore, another lesson we can draw from difficult biblical passages is that the Bible not only demands, but also rewards, hard work in study....
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March 17, 2018
by Gavin Peacock
| Tags: Mind, Word, Wisdom
Pray for the mind of Christ, which is yours already that you may put into practice these three wisdom principles for godly decision-making....
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March 17, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Word, Gathering, Ministry
The kind of gathering one-to-one that we’re talking about is so simple, yet so deep. It aims to gather two or three disciples of Jesus around the Word of God....
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March 17, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Word, Equipped, Authority, Gather, believer
When Christians are helping one another follow Jesus one-to-one, it guards both church unity and the reputation of Jesus....
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January 5, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Application, Word, Ministry, sharing
We’ll wrap up this newsletter series by introducing three new e-book Ministry Guides you can download to help you with this ministry, along with providing (all in one place) the links to the Study Outlines introduced over the past month...
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November 25, 2017
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Word, Growth, body
Try to build up one another, and build up the church, by building fellowship across the whole congregation one-to-one around God’s Word!...
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January 13, 2017
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Theology
| Tags: Word, Preaching, God, Ambassadors, Earthen Vessel
To summarize, then, preaching is the Word of God only insofar as it rightly communicates the meaning and applications of the Scriptures, the Word of God written...
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February 12, 2016
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Berean, Discernment, Word
Like many others, online and in real churches, I was striving to be "Berean," but looking back now I think I was missing at least two-thirds, if not even the whole, of what Luke aimed to commend the Bereans for in this text! In other words, I had read the text, isolated "examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so," and basically ignored the rest. That's ...
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September 27, 2013
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
The Gospel
| Tags: Authority, Creation, Word, carson, Gospel
Have you ever wondered who "has the say-so"? In any family, business or organization there are many decisions that must be made. And if the decisions are to be made it has to be clear who has decision-making authority. That’s what some old-timers that I’ve known used to call, "having the say-so."...
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