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Os cristãos devem se beijar? (1 Coríntios 16:20; 2 Coríntios 13:12; Romanos 16:16; 1 Pedro 5:14)

May 6, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Beijo, Comandos Um do Outro, Discipulado, Eclesiologia, Espiritualidade, Vida na Igreja

Cresci em uma cidade francesa onde era costume saudar as pessoas com um beijo nas bochechas. Pelo menos, isso era normal entre meus parentes franceses. Enquanto isso, meus círculos britânico / inglês preferiam um aperto de mão firme ou um aceno de cabeça – ou, se parecessem especialmente informais, um abraço rápido. Tenho estudado os

You Have Much to Unlearn

May 6, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Watchman Nee

I recently watched a skit of a young woman asking her father about becoming an actress. The dialog went like this: “Dad, do you think I should move to L.A. and get into acting?” “No.” “So…maybe?” “No, it’s a bad idea.” “I hear you say, ‘Yes.’” “No, absolutely not!” “Oh, Dad, I’m so glad you

La Fuente

May 5, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Su Gracia Gratuita

Una de las ideas recurrentes en el Evangelio de Juan trata de que Jesús no puede hacer nada por su propia cuenta: “No puedo yo hacer nada por mí mismo” (Juan 5:30). Las obras que Jesús hizo fueron las que Él vio hacer al Padre: “Respondió entonces Jesús, y les dijo: De cierto, de cierto

A Salvação do Senhorio Leniente é a verdadeira ‘Graça Barata’

May 4, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites

A posição da Graça Livre é muitas vezes caracterizada erroneamente como “graça barata”. Isso é totalmente falso. Dizer que algo é “barato” implica que custa alguma coisa, não importa quão pouco. Mas a vida eterna não custa nada para você. A única condição para ter vida eterna é simplesmente crer em Jesus por esse dom

When Culture Seeks Revenge, the Church Seeks the Good (1 Thessalonians 5:15)

May 4, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church life, Discipleship, one another commands

Someone asked me how to cultivate a “culture of grace” in his church. That is precisely the right kind of question to ask. Grace should not only define the saving message (Eph 2:8-9), but the entire Christian life, including church life. Paul said we are no longer under law but under grace (Rom 6:14), and

¿Habrá ateos en el cielo?

May 3, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Su Gracia Gratuita

Q: Como entiendo su premisa en Grace in Focus, ustedes creen que si una persona hace una sincera profesión de fe, pero luego se convierte en apóstata, esa persona todavía es salva. Si eso es verdad, ¿habrá no creyentes en el cielo? –D.T. A: Primero, tengo que aclarar algo—una sincera profesión de fe no es

Why Many Puritans Died Without Assurance

May 1, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Grace in Focus Articles

By Shawn Lazar The Puritans remain immensely popular. But reading the Puritans can be dangerous for your assurance. R. T. Kendall explains why. Kendall went to Oxford to study the Puritans and was surprised by how they lacked assurance of their salvation. He explains it in the introduction to his book Grace: I went to

Why You Can’t Help Everyone and Shouldn’t Try

April 30, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church life, Discipleship, ecclesiology, Watchman Nee

You can’t help everyone. You may want to. You may think you need to. And your consistent inability to meet every single genuine need around you may disappoint you. After all, the people around you are hurting, with problems, challenges, and questions to address. But do they all need to be addressed by you? You

Vocês podem pelo menos tolerar uns aos outros (Efésios 4:2)

April 29, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Comandos Um do Outro, Espiritualidade Cristã, Sabedoria, Vida na Igreja

Eu, portanto, o prisioneiro do Senhor, rogo-vos que andeis dignos da vocação com que fostes chamados, com toda a humildade e mansidão, com longanimidade, suportando uns aos outros no amor (Ef 4, 1-2; cf. Col 3:13). “Vocês não precisam gostar um do outro, mas precisam parar de bater um no outro!” Isso é o que

Don’t Complain About One Another (James 5:9)

April 28, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church life, Discipleship, one another, spirituality

C. S. Lewis once said, “Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.” You don’t have to agree with Lewis’s eschatology to know that grumbling is ungodly. Sad to say, James had to warn his readers against it—providing us with another “one another” command: Therefore be patient, brothers and sisters, until the