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TRUE GOD, FALSE FAITH
This is my second blog where I wanted to delve a bit deeper into something I talked about in an updated Gospel Class that we called The Weekender. The original point of our Gospel Class was to give people who were considering making Element their home a quick...
ASEITY, UNITY, SIMPLICITY, TRINITY
A couple of weeks ago we led an updated Gospel Class that we called The Weekender. Our Gospel Class eventually grew from an original 7-week course to an 8-week course as we refined our vision over the years. The point of the Gospel Class was to give people who were...
Q&A: WATCHMAN NEE
Question: I was hoping you could answer a quick question... Do you know anything about Watchman Nee? We are going to a new, very small church. The "what we believe” section looks good, but they are reading these Morning Revival books all together and the books give...
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL?
Currently, at Element, we are going through the minor prophets (the last 12 books of the Old Testament Scriptures). These 12 “Minor Prophets” are written during a (roughly) 500 year time frame that covers the fall of the northern 10 tribes of Israel (Reuben,...
A SAD EPILOGUE
Last week we put out a blog explaining this word I used as a sermon title, but never explained: Nehushtan. Nehushtan means Bronze Serpent (the Great Brass); it is what the Israelites called the bronze serpent on the pole that Jesus references in John 3:14-15 that...
CELEBRITY (A CHRISTMAS EVE/DAY READING)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been watching a lot more TV and movies this year. After all, what else is there to do during a global pandemic when you are stuck at home and have exhausted all other options (have you reached the end of Netflix yet)? Most of us,...
TOUGHSKINS (TM)
When I was a kid, there was one thing you had to have in order to be accepted by all the other kids…the right clothes. I don’t know whoever thought up the stupid ritual where kids gravitate toward fashion (while having no fashion sense) and then judge others based...
MIRAGE OR OASIS
I can confidently say that Bugs Bunny cartoons did not adequately prepare me for my deployment to the Middle East. According to Looney Toons, the most reliable feature of any desert is the presence of a mirage followed closely by an abundance of magic lamps. The...
Q&A 64,000 MISSING WORDS
Question:There was a recent Facebook post I was sent regarding the removal of (45) biblical texts from the NIV (New International Version) and the ESV (English Standard Version) translations of the Bible (and also 64,000 changed or missing words). I am not usually...
ELEMENT’S MISSION
To Glorify God by teaching and living out the Scriptures, transforming community into Gospel Community, and planting churches.
