Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Running on Empty: Preventative Maintenance for your Soul
Sometimes we feel too busy to take care of that pesky warning light. Too much is happening or on our plate to take a serious look at the
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Statistics of Believers Don't Lie
I find it very telling when I see the statistics for the sermons I post. I have written over 800 sermons on just about every topic in script
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101:Gnosticism
Gnosticism holds to a radical dualism of good and evil and believes secret knowledge is necessary for salvation; this contrasts sharply with
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: The Ebionites
Ebionites were a Jewish-Christian group that believed that Jesus did not exist before his birth and that God adopted him at his baptism.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Dual Covenant Theology
Dual Covenant Theology promotes the idea that the Jewish people have their own path to Salvation which does not include Jesus.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Docetism
Docetism is a heresy with many variations, again, as with most heresies, attacking the nature of Christ. It generally teaches, among the var
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Arianism
The heresy of Arianism is the notion that Jesus Christ is not equal to God the Father by nature; instead, Jesus is God's first creation.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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God's Unconditional Love
Sometimes people speak of "unconditional love," and they present it as an all-encompassing thing that blindly accepts everything
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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The big "if" of the Bible
There are many "conditional" statements in the scriptures. I believe the fact that they exist is evidence of our free will and ability to ch
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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As you think, so you are
When we receive the Holy Spirit, we have access to the “mind of Christ,”
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