Lifestyle of Change

Overview Relationships, work, location, responsibilities and seasons of life can all change, but God and Jesus Christ remain dependable. Rico Magnelli follows Moses, David, the apostles and Paul to show […]

Biblical Relationships Promote Balance

Overview Biblical relationships bring balance because they are marked by two things, mutual respect and mutual giving and receiving, and that back and forth keeps us from getting isolated off […]

Led By the Spirit

Overview Romans 8 connects being led by the Spirit with knowing that we are sons of God. Rev. Rico Magnelli explains that spiritual leading happens in the present moment: believers […]

Leaders Are Examples in Motive

Overview Christian leaders are examples in motive: they lead not because they are forced, not for what they can gain from the role, and not because they hold a position […]

Faith: Great, Little, Perfect

Overview Rev. Rico Magnelli defines faith simply as believing what God has supplied to believe. Through Gospel records and other passages, he distinguishes great faith, little faith, and perfected faith, […]

Knowing the Doctrine, Part 5

Overview True doctrine has the authority of God in it, and that authority rests on the humble recognition Jesus made in John 7:16: My doctrine is not mine, but his […]

Knowing the Doctrine, Part 4

Overview The parable of the sower in Mark 4 is about who you listen to and what you do with what you hear. All four kinds of ground hear the […]

Knowing the Doctrine, Part 3

Overview Reading Scripture rightly means reading it with the heart, not the head: the word translated reading in 1 Timothy 4:13 means to know again, and that knowing is experiential, […]

Knowing the Doctrine, Part 2

Overview Sound doctrine is faith based through grace: it gives God the glory as the source, it accentuates Christ as the agent who carried the plan out, and it leaves […]

Knowing the Doctrine, Part 1

Overview Knowing the doctrine means knowing the teaching, and Scripture identifies that teaching more by its character and its effect on people than by a strict definition. In this first […]

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