March 29, 2018
by Eric Loyer
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Lenten Devotionals
The term "Maundy Thursday" is not a term that is used often. In this devotional from John Piper's "Love to the Uttermost", he describes the biblical roots of this most powerful day in the history of our redemption...
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March 25, 2018
by Eric Loyer
| Tags: Resurrection, baptisms, Good Friday, Maundy, Week, Passion, easter
The Passion Week, aka the week leading up to Easter, usually presents the church with extra opportunities to gather for corporate worship. I am merely suggesting that we should take advantage of those opportunities. ...
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February 4, 2018
by Eric Loyer
| Tags: discipleship, planting, church
A few words on why "reproducing" can't be an optional part of the mission. It should go without saying, but here are a few words to why it should not be left "unsaid" ...
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November 22, 2017
| Tags: feast of booths, feast of tabernacles, thanksgiving, Jesus, worship, thanks
Did you know the regular practice of enjoying a big meal once a year vastly precedes 1621? In fact, we can find it being practiced nearly 3,000 years ago in Scripture, and many people think this ancient biblical holiday is what originally influenced the first Thanksgiving meal that took place on our soil in the 1600's.
The Feast of Booths (or Feast of Tabernacles) was ins...
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November 10, 2017
by Eric Loyer
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Race and Justice
If you watch the news or engage any areas of social media or just look around, it is clear that there are areas of racial tension and injustice in this nation and many of these issues have been polarizing in the church rather than bringing unity. It is nearly impossible to engage the topic without offending someone who sees things differently. It is further complicated b...
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October 31, 2017
by Daniel Nelms
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Race and Justice | Tags: racial injustice, racial tension, church, race, Gospel, Jesus
If you watch the news or engage any areas of social media or just look around, it is clear that there are areas of racial tension and injustice in this nation and many of these issues have been polarizing in the church rather than bringing unity. It is nearly impossible to engage the topic without offending someone who sees things differently. It is further complicated b...
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October 27, 2017
by Peter La Rosa
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Race and Justice
If you watch the news or engage any areas of social media or just look around, it is clear that there are areas of racial tension and injustice in this nation and many of these issues have been polarizing in the church rather than bringing unity. It is nearly impossible to engage the topic without offending someone who sees things differently. It is further complicated b...
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October 21, 2017
by Eric Loyer
| Tags: church, racial, injustice, justice, tension,
If you watch the news or engage any areas of social media or just look around, it is clear that there are areas of racial tension and injustice in this nation and many of these issues have been polarizing in the church rather than bringing unity. It is nearly impossible to engage the topic without offending someone who sees things differently. It is further complicated b...
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August 15, 2017
by Eric Loyer
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Homeschool Coop | Tags: church, education, culture, school, options
We take a look at our church's role in Christian education. It is an area that often has more questions than answers, so rather than looking at the macro, I will leave that to the "experts" while I try to share a non-experts thoughts on an important matter. ...
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August 9, 2017
by Daniel Nelms
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Brick Church Plant | Tags: Jersey Shore, chuch plant, brick church plant
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I was born and raised in Georgia, in the deep south. One of the unique things about the state of Georgia is it's number of counties - 154 counties in all. This number is second only to the number of counties in Texas, a state more than double its size.
New Jersey also has something unique about it - we have 565 municipalities. This is a very large n...
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