by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Christian Living, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Demons, Sickness and the Idolatrous Practices The Jewish view of demonic and sickness began to be developed in the Second Temple period. They held ideas like, God permits human sickness and other disasters to occur. They also held that sometimes demons are involved,...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 14, 2023 | Christian Ethics, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth
How to Deal with Manipulative Christians (who sometimes prophesy) Know your boundaries. Boundaries are guidelines, or limits that a person creates to identify for the person what are reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave around them. In...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Devotional, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Old Pictures & Renewed Vision Years ago, in my grandfather’s living room, there were two little black-and-white pictures of him that my grandmother hung with pride. Both were true of him and were taken around the same time. One was him in his garden leaning on a...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Ecclesiology, Spiritual Growth
Identifying Toxic Church Cultures (Part Three) In the book “A Church called Tov” by Scot McKnight, he gives eight false narratives that toxic churches often tell to protect themselves. In Part one we looked at the first four false narratives. In part two we looks at...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Ecclesiology, Spiritual Growth
Identifying Toxic Church Cultures (Part Two) Scot McKnight gives Eight false narratives that toxic churches often tell to protect themselves. In Part one we looked at the first four false narratives. In this post, we will look at three more false narratives, leaving...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Ethics, Christian Living, Ecclesiology, Spiritual Growth
Poison in the Pound-cake: Identifying Toxic church cultures Scot McKnight in his book “A Church called Tov” gives Eight false narratives that toxic churches often tell to protect themselves. The narratives are something like institutional defense mechanisms. When...
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