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• AN ELDER’S WIFE

  By disciplerami on November 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  There is one person in the churchWho knows the elder’s lifeShe’s wept and smiled and prayed for himAnd that the elder’s wife. She knows your servant’s weakest pointAnd knows his greatest powerShe has heard him speak in simple tonesIn his… Read More ›

• Living Above the Law, by Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  I have been reading the Epistle to Diognetus which gives a picture of Christian life and belief in the first century. Written by a person who claims to have been taught by the Apostles, he speaks with simplicity and shows… Read More ›

• THE HISTORIC CHRISTIAN POSITION IS AGAINST ABORTION, by Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 7, 2016 • ( 0 )

  One of the earliest Christian writings called The Epistle to Diognetus [first century writing] speaks of the typical Christian life. In 5:6, it says, “They marry like all other men and they beget children; but they do not cast away… Read More ›

• EXPEDIENT, COMMAND, OR ADDITION? by Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 7, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  This simple but clear graphic shows there are expedients needed to fulfill God’s command to sing. The church has discretion to choose the spiritual words and the tune and even whether to compile the songs to be sung. The expedient… Read More ›

• "DID YOU RECEIVE THE SPIRIT WHEN YOU BELIEVED?" Acts 19:1ff

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  This is the question Paul asked the disciples he came across in Ephesus. “Did you receive the Spirit when you believed?” They said they didn’t know there was a spirit. This led Paul to ask about their baptism. They said… Read More ›

• WHY I REJECT CALVINISM: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN IS ENTERING A CONDITIONAL, BILATERAL COVENANT WITH GOD, Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  When it comes to covenants there are unilateral and bilateral Covenants. The unilateral Covenant in the Bible is a promise from God without any conditions. The rainbow Covenant and the Davidic Covenant that his descendants would always be upon his… Read More ›

• THE DELUDED MIND IN THREE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE, Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  There are three actors who play a part in the delusion that can come over any of us. FIRST, the man himself who knows the truth, but denies it and instead worships the creation. “21For even though they knew God,… Read More ›

• GOD’S ELECTION TO SAVE MEN IS A BILATERAL COVENANT, Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that there are two kinds of election. To understand the two, think about two kinds of covenants. The first kind of covenant is a unilateral covenant. God has made these kind… Read More ›

• IS GOD WORKING? IS JESUS WORKING? IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING? by Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  What is God doing? Can you explain it? What is Jesus doing? Can you explain it? What about the Holy Spirit? Is the Holy Spirit doing anything? What are angels doing? Can you explain it? When I read the Bible,… Read More ›

• THE WORKING OF GOD….beyond a mechanistic ‘you reap and sow’. by Dan Mayfield

  By disciplerami on November 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  We understand that the laws of nature, Rom. 2:14-15, which aren’t to do with gravity or laws of thermodynamics, etc, but are the moral laws which press upon all men to keep them doing what they ought to do, we… Read More ›