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Praying in the Future | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Praying in the Future. May 4, 2015. Our theme in today’s blog is prayer. Prayer is a key to Christian discipleship, Christian growth, Christian community, and Christian life. As such it is something Christians should value. On my bookshelf, there are a number of books on prayer. I’ve read a number of them. However, prayer is like playing an instrument or any sport. The question is not, How many books have your read? Like all churches, the Philippian church w...
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Come as You Are—But Don’t Stay that Way | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Come as You Are But Don’t Stay that Way. May 24, 2015. This last Sunday was Pentecost. On Pentecost, we celebrate the birth of the Christian church. It is the day the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples in Jerusalem, the gospel was preached by Peter, and thousands were saved (Acts 2:1-41). Actually, even today, if I did not know he was the person I knew in high school, I would not believe it was him! By the same token, I have had the experience of seeing som...
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Honoring Dad: A Special 4th of July Post | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Honoring Dad: A Special 4th of July Post. July 5, 2015. Friday, we were in Fredericksburg, Texas to dedicate a plaque to my Dad and Granddad on the wall of the Nimitz/Pacific War Museum. Set out below is approximately what I said. In Psalm 77 the psalmist says the following:. I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds. Let us pray.”. Precious memo...
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Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing. May 31, 2015. John 3 is one of the most important chapters in our Bible. Almost every child and every Christian knows John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16, KJV). I want to ponder in this blog the first seventeen verses of John. They read as follows:. Questions of the Night. Is a comparison of the darkne...
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Lesson 6: A Disciple has a Family | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Lesson 6: A Disciple has a Family. August 1, 2015. Have you ever been alone in a strange place without family or friends? Do you remember how it felt? This lesson is one of the hardest for contemporary, Western Christians to grasp. We were never intended to be alone as Christians. That teacher knew. Second, the disciple came to model the lifest. Of his teacher. For example, Plato. Personal Relationships are Essential. If God exists in a relationship of love,...
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Books by Chris | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Path of Life: The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014). Path of Life: The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers. Https:/ wipfandstock.com/store/Path of Life The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers. Centered Living/Centered Leading: The Way of Light and Love (Memphis, TN, Shiloh Publishing, 2010). Centered Living/Centered Leading: The Way of Light and Love. Http:/ www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb sb noss? May 11, 2015 at 3:41 pm.
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From Family to Christian Community | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. From Family to Christian Community. May 17, 2015. Our human families merge into God’s family, the church. Our human families fully become what God desires them to be as they become part of God’s family. The word Church comes from a Greek word meaning those who are called out . [2]. We were called to live together as the church. Don’t Stop Being Community. This blog’s text comes from Hebrews. Is written in the best New Testament Greek by someone who knew the ...
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Lesson 5: A Disciple has a Gospel to Share | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Lesson 5: A Disciple has a Gospel to Share. July 19, 2015. Here is the latest installment of the lessons on evangelism and discipleship. Please comment. I am printing in an order, but in the lesson plan we are developing, this lesson may be before the lesson for last week. Kathy and I thank you for all your help”. A testimony of what God has done in our own lives. The New Testament is literally littered with examples of the Gospel. Peter, Paul, and the o...
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Lesson 4: Looking for People of Peace | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. Lesson 4: Looking for People of Peace. July 13, 2015. This is Lesson Four of a training manual Kathy and I are writing. We would very much enjoy any comments for improvements and corrections anyone has. We will be teaching this training program for 26 weeks this next year. Please help us by subscribing to this blog, commenting on each post, and telling your friends about it so they can join in too. Looking for People of Peace. In this parable, Jesus describe...
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A Brief Review Before Going On | Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life
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Chris Scruggs: Journeying on the Path of Life. A Brief Review Before Going On. July 26, 2015. Before we move forward, we need to stop and take a brief look backward. Sometimes it helps to know both where you are headed and where you have come from to make real progress. T4T uses a wonderful graphic called, The Four Fields Graphic to outline the entire T4T idea. [1]. There are for fields shown, and we have now covered two of them in some detail: Who is Your Mission Field? And What Do You Share? We all hav...