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SSB Sunday Gathering – October 16, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 21: 1 - 38 As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "I tell you the truth," he said,… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – October 16, 2016

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SSB Sunday Gathering – October 9, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 20: 27 - 47 Some of the Sadducess, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – October 9, 2016

Book Review Series, Children Desiring God, Christian Marriage, Complementarianism, Desiring God, Doctrine as Idol, Egalitarianism, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, Gender Roles, God's Design for the Family, Uncategorized, Women and the Church

“God’s Design” – Rebellion, a.k.a. It’s All Her Fault!

God's Design, Headship, Complementarianism, Biblical Gender Roles, The Fall **** -by Kathi This series is a review of God's Design, a children's book which teaches children about complementarity. For an introduction of the book, click here. All of the titles below are chapters in the book. Today, children, we are going to learn about how… Continue reading “God’s Design” – Rebellion, a.k.a. It’s All Her Fault!

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SSB Sunday Gathering – October 2, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 20: 1 - 26 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. "Tell us… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – October 2, 2016

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SSB Gathering – September 25, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 19: 28 - 48 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to… Continue reading SSB Gathering – September 25, 2016

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SSB Gathering – September 18, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 19: 11 - 27 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. He… Continue reading SSB Gathering – September 18, 2016

Book Review Series, Children Desiring God, Christian Marriage, Complementarianism, Desiring God, Doctrine as Idol, Egalitarianism, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, Gender Roles, God's Design for the Family, Uncategorized, Women and the Church

“God’s Design” – Headship, Helper, and an Answer We Already Knew

God's Design, Headship, Complementarianism, Biblical Gender Roles *** -by Kathi This series is a review of God's Design, a children's book which teaches children about complementarity. For an introduction of the book, click here. All of the titles below (except for The Answer We Already Knew) are chapters in the book. Today, children, we learn… Continue reading “God’s Design” – Headship, Helper, and an Answer We Already Knew

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SSB Gathering – September 11, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi I can image that most of us remember what we were doing when we heard the news about the attacks in New York City and the Pentagon and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. May we keep in our… Continue reading SSB Gathering – September 11, 2016

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SSB Gathering – September 4, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 18: 35 - 9: 9 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”… Continue reading SSB Gathering – September 4, 2016

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SSB Gathering – August 28, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 18: 18 - 34 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 28, 2016

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SSB Gathering – August 21, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 18: 1 - 17 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 21, 2016

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SSB Gathering – August 14, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 17: 11 - 37 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 14, 2016

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SSB Gathering – August 7, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 16: 19 -17: 10 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 7, 2016

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SSB Gathering – July 31, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 16: 1 - 18 Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 31, 2016

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SSB Gathering – July 24, 2106

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 15: 11 - 32 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them. "Not long after… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 24, 2106

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SSB Gathering – July 17, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 15: 1 - 10 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." Then Jesus told them… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 17, 2016

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Domestic Violence and Churches, Persecution, Saeed Abedini, Uncategorized

Seeking the Truth about the Saeed Abedini Story: Part 1

*** Administrative note: Michael Newnham has given me permission to cross-post his article from Phoenix Preacher blog. We have both spent countless hours investigating, talking with people, gathering source documentation, first separately, and then when we realized we were uncovering similar information, made the decision to work on this as a team. As a personal note, I… Continue reading Seeking the Truth about the Saeed Abedini Story: Part 1

Calvinism, Doctrine as Idol, Kevin DeYoung, Uncategorized, Voddie Baucham

So, We’re Collecting Money for a New Documentary to Promote a Specific Doctrine?

*** A blog reader alerted me to a kickstarter, or fundraising effort. Les Lanphere created the kickstarter to raise money for a new documentary on Calvinism called, Calvinist. Les Lanphere describes himself as, "a film maker who has worked in a variety of areas in production and post production on films like Transformers 3, The Smurfs,… Continue reading So, We’re Collecting Money for a New Documentary to Promote a Specific Doctrine?

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SSB Gathering – July 10, 2016

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. *** Luke 14: 15-35 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God." Jesus replied, "A certain man was preparing… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 10, 2016