Contributions
Oct 8
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bennettc2969 added a text contribution Christ's Gift of AuthorityI suspect that these texts may be linked, contextually. Beginning in verse 21, Jesus “began” (inaugurated a new teaching) to speak of his imminent death. This makes the preceding text that much more w... Read more »
May 26
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barryworcester added a link contribution Wrong Rock?For years, we have struggled with the meaning of the Great Commission. Upon whom is the Church built? Peter, the Rock? Confession of Peter, the rock? or the Gentiles, the Rock? Love the gentile... Read more »
May 15
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JC-Ryle added a text contribution Matthew 16:13-20There are words in this passage which have led to painful differences and divisions among Christians. Men have striven and contended about their meaning, until they have lost sight of all charity, and... Read more »
May 13
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upwardjourney added a link contribution Know and DoThe call of Christ challenges our understanding and will. Unbelief will prohibit our ability to follow Christ to the fullest. When we grasp who he is, then our life is impacted by the understanding ... Read more »
Mar 24
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michaeljohns2 added a text contribution Pebbles to RockMt 16:16,18 (paraphrased): though we are but pebbles, Jesus will build us up into His church to be one solid rock as part of His body which is untouchable by the unholy gates of hell. =) It is such a ... Read more »
Mar 3
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thekrow added a link contribution Keys to the Kingdomthoughts on this great passage. Read more »
Feb 16
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gyakusetsu added a text contribution The Nature of PeterIt is interesting to me that those who use verses 13 through 20 as a basis to justify select authority do not use the same expansive interpretive technique in the directly following verses (21-23). If... Read more »
Jan 9
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bocajrfan added a link contribution Matthew 16:18-23Matthew 16:18-23 Read more »
Aug 20
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livingos added a link contribution Kingdom KeysThe keys Peter is given unlock many things in the kingdom. Read more »
Jul 15
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jmart3106 added a text contribution PerserverenceWhat I love about this passage of scripture is I can totally relate to Peter. One moment Christ is telling him that he is going to build his church with Peter and the twelve disciples as the foundatio... Read more »
Jun 22
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limez added a text contribution Sermon 22 june 2008What is it Peter have that makes him say this fantastic words: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God"? An openness for Gods input; a love for Jesus; a gut to dare to say the things he himself... Read more »
May 22
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volumewhiz added a text contribution Life is Short: Have an Affair (McManus)The title of this sermon is the edgy billboard that Erwin McManus, at http://www.mosaic.org/podcast/, spotted in LA. It was quite a thought provoking advertisement. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon is tryin... Read more »
Apr 30
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jaysten added a text contribution Stand before Hell and shout Charge"not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out" Take the time to wrap your brain around that The implication, is that we are going to charge into hell. Jesus came to build a church was ful... Read more »
Mar 26
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ejhill added a link contribution Conditional ImmortalityPositional Paper on the subject of Conditional Immortality by Pastor EJ Hill. Read more »
Jan 14
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charlescameron added a text contribution Matthew 16:5-17:1316:5-23 What a contrast there is between Jesus Christ and the religious leaders of His day. Three times, we are told to ‘guard against... the Pharisees and Sadducees’(6,11-12). These men had religion ... Read more »