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• Shepherding – the rest of the story

  Posted on April 20, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    People like T. M. Moore and Tim Witmer have done the church a great service in recent years by drawing attention to the shepherding role of God’s leaders. Twenty years ago I used T. M.’s workbook on Shepherding God’s Flock, reviewing for my elders the design of a shepherd in the model of Christ […]

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• Snack Foods and Sanctification (2 of 2)

  Posted on May 5, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    A church that works properly is characterized by loving fellowship. Paul is addressing individuals.  No doubt those who read his letter would think of certain slackers and freeloaders.  Names and faces would come to mind. But Paul is not just writing just to those derelicts. He is writing to the church. He is speaking […]

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• Snack Foods and Sanctification (1 of 2)

  Posted on April 29, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    “Busy bodies, not busybodies.” That’s what the Apostle Paul stresses as he winds down his second letter to the Thessalonians. This is what he says: “For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies” (2 Thess. 3:11). Evidently, there were a number of people in the church […]

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