Bible/Theology

Holiness: A Safe Hiding Place for the People of God

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 10, 2013 / Comments Off on Holiness: A Safe Hiding Place for the People of God

God calls His people to holiness in both the old and New Testaments (Leviticus 11:44; 1 Peter 1:15-16). Our pursuit of true inward holiness by the grace of God is a safe house for His people. In the Old Testament, the Jews sought the protection of God without pursuing the purity of God and God…

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The Image of God in Man: A Proposed Working Definition

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 25, 2012 / Comments Off on The Image of God in Man: A Proposed Working Definition

I believe the most important conviction that a person can have is his belief about God, and second to that is his supposition about man. These two beliefs influence all other ideas and actions. By beliefs about God and man, I do not mean what one claims to believe, but rather what one actually believes…

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Think About IT: Deep Devotionals are A-OK!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 16, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Deep Devotionals are A-OK!

In the first few years of my Christian life, I did not talk about my devotionals much because they simply did not fit the common understanding of a devotional. Rather than reading a light devotional or just skimming the Scripture for personal application, I loved delving into the verses, words, theology, and original language. One…

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Think About IT: Gentle like Our High Priest

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 23, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Gentle like Our High Priest

The writer of Hebrews says that one of the qualifications of a high priest is that he had to be gentle toward those whom he served; “he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness.” (Hebrews 5:2)

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Think About IT: Sacrifice Is Not for Long!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 21, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Sacrifice Is Not for Long!

The Bible speaks a lot about rewards. God may give some rewards and/or blessings while we serve Him here on earth, but most often, they are spoken of as being received after this life. For example, concerning Moses, God said, “considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was…

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Think About IT: Influencing Your Future Today!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 12, 2011 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Influencing Your Future Today!

Your willingness to be equipped today will in large measure determine how God will use you in the future!

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Think About IT: Teaching the Basics, Important but Insufficient!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 16, 2011 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Teaching the Basics, Important but Insufficient!

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and…

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Think About IT: What Constitutes Worldliness in the Church?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 16, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: What Constitutes Worldliness in the Church?

Dr. David Wells is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He can be depended upon to offer valuable insight into biblical questions as he does so succinctly here: Where Christian faith is offered as a means of finding personal wholeness rather than holiness, the church has become worldly. There are many…

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Think About IT: The Paramount Importance of Educating Christians

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 23, 2009 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Paramount Importance of Educating Christians

Those of you who know me know that I am deeply concerned about not only false teaching, but particularly the shallow insubstantial teaching of the Scripture in a growing number of our evangelical churches. This leaves this generation of Christians un-equipped and the next generation with very little knowledge of the Christian faith to not…

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Think About HIM: Christ

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 16, 2009 / Comments Off on Think About HIM: Christ

Someone once wrote: He knew the unknowable: the human heart and all things; He loved the unlovable: the human sinner; He did the impossible: He died and rose again; He was the impossible: a sinless character. “Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen…

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