Category Archives: Church

Iron Sharpening Iron ( David N and Jacob P )…

Posted on September 18, 2018 by billrandles

  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.   (Proverbs 27:17)   I have not been eager to enter into the very public differences between two men whom I very much admire, Jacob Prasch and … Continue reading →

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The Church Is a Root out of Dry Ground…

Posted on June 26, 2018 by billrandles

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; … Continue reading →

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Why The World Hates the (true) Church…church

Posted on June 26, 2018 by billrandles

 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out … Continue reading →

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Church Splits Serve a Higher Purpose

Posted on June 15, 2018 by billrandles

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.  For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions … Continue reading →

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Dare Not Destroy The Church…

Posted on June 14, 2018 by billrandles

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye … Continue reading →

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What Shall This Man Do? …the call to pastor

Posted on May 25, 2018 by billrandles

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.  He saith … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Church Government…

Posted on May 22, 2018 by billrandles

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:  Feed the flock of God which is among you, … Continue reading →

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On Forsaking the Body of Christ…church

Posted on July 30, 2017 by billrandles

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day … Continue reading →

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