Anchored Study

Giving Generously

Once we’ve placed our faith in Jesus, the Holy Spirit goes to work in our hearts methodically exposing those areas of our lives that still need to be turned over to God’s leading.

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Mindset? What's Your's Set On?

Your mindset is your basic outlook, assumptions about the world or attitudes. It is the main lens through which you look at yourself, and life.

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A misunderstanding of Christianity

Many misunderstand Christianity because they have never actually heard the gospel, or they grew up in a legalistic church that was all about rules. They could be rejecting a wrong understanding of Christianity, not the gospel itself.

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Prophets -speaking for God

When we hear the word prophet we generally think of someone (in a robe?) foretlling future events or making predictions.

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What is spiritual death?

How can a person be physically alive but spiritually dead? Are we talking the walking dead or some kind of zombies?

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"Gospel"

The word gospel literally means "good news."

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Abraham

Abraham was born in Ur, (in southern Iraq) over 2100 years before Christ (Gen. 11:27). That is hundreds of miles east of the Promised Land!

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"Inductive Bible Study"

Observation of a passage in the Bible is the first step in what is sometimes called "inductive" Bible study.

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"Justified" and "Atonement"

When someone is convicted of breaking the law, for example by stealing a car, they are sentenced and must face the punishment. And that's the right thing for a society to do. It is fair and just.

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"Living Obediently"

Is living obediently about following a bunch of rules? Check lists? Trying to earn God's favor?

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Disciplined Use of Time

"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV).

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Paul the apostle

Paul wrote more of the New Testament books than anyone else. But he started out as a bitter opponent and persecutor of the church. At that time his name was Saul.

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Believers, Christians, saints and disciples

While sometimes we may hear people make a distinction between a "believer," a "disciple," or a "Christian," the truth is the New Testament uses these terms for the same people. In fact, often Christians are called "saints."

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