Shawn Lazar – Grace Evangelical Society

Do Not Bite One Another (Galatians 5:15)

March 8, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Church, church community, church life, ecclesiology, Galatians, one another

In a classic scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Inspector Clouseau walks into a German hotel and notices a small dog by the counter. “Does your dog bite?” he asks the hotelier. “No,” the old man answers. When Clouseau goes to pet the dog, it viciously attacks him and tries to chew off his

Jesus nunca deixará você

March 4, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Políticos, salvação

Comecei a ler a autobiografia de Jack Deere, Even in Our Darkness. Sua história até agora tem sido muito sombria. Mas acho que você vai gostar de como ele passou a ter fé em Jesus. Ele diz o seguinte: “Não tenho certeza do que me motivou, mas em 18 de dezembro de 1965, às 2

Be of the Same Mind as One Another (Romans 12:16)

March 4, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church life, Discipleship, mind, mindset, one another

Jesus came to save you as a member of a family, as part of a body, called out to live as a member of the church. And you express church life through a “thick” community. Frankly, I find it hard to connect with people at church. Sunday mornings are not set up for developing deep

Will There Be Atheists in Heaven?

March 1, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apostasy, atheism, Eternal Rewards

Q: As I understand your premise in Grace in Focus, you believe that if a person makes a sincere profession of faith but later became an apostate that he/she is still saved. If that is true, will there be non-believers in heaven? ~D.T. A: So, to clarify—a sincere profession of faith is not enough to

Não confie em políticos

February 25, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Confiança, Louvor, Políticos

Você já notou que o Novo Testamento mal menciona os nomes ou ações das autoridades governantes da época? Por exemplo, durante a época de Jesus, César Augusto estava liderando a República Romana em sua transformação que marcou época no Império Romano. Humanamente falando, esse foi um dos eventos mais importantes da história, e César Augusto

Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 2 (John 13:14)

February 24, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Forgiveness, one another commands

The New Testament has about 58 “one another” commands that describe what a normal Christian church life can be. It’s the kind of community I want to—need to!—experience. But what does that church life look like? The second example of these commands is to wash one another’s feet (John 13:14). In the previous post, we

Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 1 (John 13:14)

February 22, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foot washing, one another commands

Living the normal Christian life requires living a normal church life because God designed discipleship with a strong corporate character. When I say “corporate,” I’m not talking about the business world but the fact that God created you to belong to a group. Scripture pictures that group life as a family (Gal 6:10; Rom 8:16)

Você deve crescer (Efésios 4:11-24), Parte 2

February 18, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Efésios, Espiritualidade, Maturidade Espiritual

Você deve crescer. Isso é o que Paulo disse aos efésios. Eles não devem permanecer como filhos espirituais. A questão é: como esse crescimento acontece? Como explorei no último blog, Paul disse que crescer exige equipar. Por exemplo, é para isso que os pastores-professores existem – não para fazer todo o ministério eles mesmos, mas

Você deve crescer (Efésios 4:11-24), Parte 1

February 16, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Discipulado, Discípulos Espirituais, Efésios, Espiritualidade, Igreja Local, Teologia Espiritual

Aqueles de nós que cresceram nos anos 80 e 90 vão se lembrar de um dos jingles mais famosos da história do varejo: Eu não quero crescer, Sou o garoto da Toys R Us; eles ganharam um milhão de brinquedos na Toys R us que eu posso brincar Nós idolatramos a infância, não é? Quantas

Be at Peace with One Another (Mark 9:50)

February 16, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - ecclesiology, ekklesia, Local Church, normal Christian church life, one another, one another commands, peace, peacemaking

God meant the Christian life to be lived in community. It doesn’t always work out that way. Christians can be imprisoned, confined to a hospital bed, or live alone in a hostile country without an opportunity to meet with other believers. If that is you, I’m not here to make you feel guilty about being