Church Life
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From Discipleship to Dominion: Why the Early Church and the Seven Mountains Mandate Follow Different Spirits
The following essay was generated through a series of Perplexity AI prompts exploring the difference between church mission exemplified in the Book of Acts and the claims of Dominionist Theology, a theology underpinning the Seven Mountains Mandate (7MM), and the wider Christian Nationalist movement in America. ——- The Book of Acts opens with a clear… Continue reading
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New Video: Who is the Israel of God? A Bible study in Ephesians 2: 8-22
I made two videos, the first being on surviving depression with God. This one, the second, takes up a subject I touched on in the first: Who is the Israel of God in the New Testament and today? It’s a Bible study in Ephesians 2: 8-22, which has a very direct bearing on that question.… Continue reading
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What is the Word of God to us?
Jesus is the Word of God, “made flesh to dwell among us”. Only those who love the word of God while living here, the Word who is spirit and life to us, will find happiness and eternal life in His presence above. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was… Continue reading
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Another Christmas Reading (audio only)
Here is another Bible reading, on my podcast, on the birth of Christ in the books of Luke, Matthew, and the Book of Revelation. Why these three will be apparent in the reading. I hope this finds you blessed in Christ for the holidays and the celebration of his birth. https://anchor.fm/jan-mckenzie/episodes/The-birth-of-Christ-reading-and-reflection-e1sh38k Continue reading
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In Place
If you are a member of the body of Christ, the church, do you know the place God has appointed for you there? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.— 1 Corinthians 12:18 Surely God means for us to know our place in the… Continue reading
About Me
A Christian, thinking, vlogging, and writing online. I live elsewhere as well. I follow the theology of the cross in the faith and practice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Formerly a pastor in Europe and America, now living semi-retired in Kentucky (U.S.), driving for the Amish and in-home carer.
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