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Beet – Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament (4 vols) (Methodist)

Beet – Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament (4 vols) Joseph Beet was one of England’s foremost Bible scholars. He wrote these exegetical commentaries in the Wesleyan tradition (and to some extent, the Methodist tradition, as defined at that time).

Simpson, A.B. – Christ in the Bible Colossians Commentary Colossians

Simpson, A.B. – Christ in the Bible Colossians Commentary Colossians A.B. Simpson was in Christian and Missionary Alliance, and his works are at once devotional as well as well founded on Scripture. In this work on Colossians he explores this book.

Expositor’s Bible Vol 42 Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

Expositor’s Bible Vol 42 Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren THE EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON BY ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. TENTH EDITION London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MCMII [iv] Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. [v] CONTENTS. THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS. PAGE Chap. I. v. 1, 2.…

Abbott – Ephesians Colossians Iccnt

Abbott, T.K. – Ephesians Colossians Commentary

This is a technical Ephesians Colossians Commentary by a college professor of Greek and Hebrew, so it is very good. He has tried to get at the real meaning of the text, so his comments and commentary references are very good.

Problems with Total Depravity or Inability examines the flaws and errors of the Calvinist teaching of Total Depravity (which is really total inability, man is not responsible for his own actions and sins, because he cannot choose sin or obeying God). This is a short article about this point of Calvinism.
The argument of the Calvinists breaks down completely when we examine the Bible and find examples of various individuals that did please God with their lives. Calvinists says that there is nothing at all that any person can do to please God. Yet God views our lives, and in the Bible, certain people did please God like Noah. Maybe the difference was Noah’s life was "better" than everybody's else's wicked lives, but even from that standpoint, God still acted greatly because of Noah's faith and daily relationship with God. When God saves you and your family and kills everybody else on planet earth, that means something.
The bottom line: Calvinism does not take into consideration the places where God looked with approval on various people's lives. Their "system" is fatally flawed, therefore. Good works never save anybody, we can affirm this as true. But the "bottom line" here is that God does approve and disapprove different people's lives. Salvation is only by faith in Jesus Christ the Savior. But what you are depends on what you do. God judges every person, even the elect, and He rewards them as such. Things that God dislikes, God chastises those in hell, for the saved, God causes the elect to lose some of their heavenly rewards for their sins, if not also causing them problems in earth before they die.
Problems with Total Depravity or Inability.

Becoming a Growing Church

Read this article by Pastor Cox on how to become a Growing Church
In this article Pastor Cox explains the elements of a growing church, and how to achieve that in your church.
Sections:
1. Getting our Foundation Right - (So what is the biblical purpose of a church?)
2. Internal Functioning of a Biblical Church
3. Characteristics of a Biblical Successful Church
--Do the people love Christ, and Christ's redeemed?
--Do people witness the clear Gospel Message?
--Does the church support missionaries with a clear Gospel message?
4. What level of Church is your church?
--- what is the number one reason churches fail
5. How do I make my church grow?
6. Will that always make the church grow? No.
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