Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Mid-Week Encouragement August 28th, 2024
Over the years, I have been involved with many other pastors and churches, working to unite them and bring Christ Jesus to the community. O
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Mid-Week Encouragement January 10th, 2024
It can be difficult to deny ourselves. Especially in a time where everyone is telling you to "do what makes you happy," "put yourself first
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Vain Imaginations and Lying to Ourselves
Sometimes, we reject the truth, not only because we feel it is too much to "deal with" or accept, but to continue the illusion of truth
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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: Apollinarianism
Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14, 10:30-33, 20:28, Phil. 2:5-8, Heb. 1:8). He is fully God and fully man (Col. 2:9); thus, He has two
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