Doug Slager

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  • Puget Sound
  • Prosperity Theology debunked

    I'm not big on "proof texts" but many who are big on them use them to promote prosperity theology. This verse puts prosperity theology where it belongs - on its backside.

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Timothy 6:5 (TNIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-12-27

  • Politicians

    So it's been like 3000 years since we've had somebody so trustworthy in charge of "government affairs?"

    Created 8 months ago

    Daniel 6:4 (TNIV)

  • Thomas

    Thomas, my kind of disciple - hands on, ready to rock & roll, but still a "show me" kind of guy. I am wondering who his "twin" is though.....

    Created 9 months ago

    John 11:16 (TNIV)

  • Philippians 2:12

    Philippians 2:12 (TNIV)
    Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

    Created 10 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-04-17

  • "the good news of the kingdom"

    Jesus was "proclaiming the good news of the kingdom" right at the onset of his ministry. I've always thought of the "good news" (literally "gospel") as being the news about Jesus sacrifice for us. But…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 4:23 (TNIV)

  • Mind your own business...

    Basically, that's what I Cor. 5:12 is saying to us as a church, "mind your own business." Too often we condemn non-Christians but fail to judge our fellow believers. It's the old "beam in the eye" thing.

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 5:12 (TNIV)

  • Love your neighbor

    Why do we keep forgetting how important this is to God??

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 10:18 (TNIV)

  • Psalm 27

    I really need to memorize this Psalm. In daily life, this is a confidence builder!

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 27:1 (TNIV)

  • Benediction

    The Aaronic blessing is the best.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Numbers 6:24 (TNIV), Numbers 6:25 (TNIV), Numbers 6:26 (TNIV)

  • Peace

    "Peace" & "rule" don't usually go together. "Let" implies that we need to relax and let it overwhelm us.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Colossians 3:15 (TNIV)

  • This is what it is ALL about.

    Read every day

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 13:44 (TNIV)

  • Just wondering

    "...for a time..." Does anybody else wonder how long he stayed blind? Don't you wish we could get the book of Acts on the History Channel and find out what happened after some of these things that are…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 13:11 (TNIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-02-04

  • Maybe I shouldn't be in church

    Psalm 15 lets me know that I probably shouldn't be in church; and many of my fellow church-goers shouldn't be either. How important it must be to God for us to confess and ask for repentance BEFORE we…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 15:1 (TNIV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-24

  • Philippians 4:12

    Philippians 4:12 (TNIV)
    I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2010-12-28

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2010-12-27

  • Save the World

    I am afraid that the Christian message to the secular world sounds more like Jesus came to condemn the world. That's not Jesus' message, but that's what the secular world hears...

    Created over 1 year ago

    John 3:17 (TNIV)