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Unprofitable Things

Jesus calls Tax Collector Matthew to follow him

If the church is not called to fight sin, why do the Apostles advise us to avoid certain things? Paul writes to the Corinthians - ‘All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable’ - 1Cor 6:12. First of all, what an unabashedly bold statement! All things are lawful for the church! Yes, we stand justified by Christ, and hence God does not count sins we commit in our flesh. So all things are indeed lawful for us! But are all things profitable for the race marked out for us?

Repentance – A Change of Mind

Disregarding centuries of misuse of the English word, when we go to the original Greek, we see that repentance (Greek: metanoia) means 'a change of mind'. So what is it that we need to change our minds about? Why does the Bible say mankind is in an unjustified state? In Old Testament times, God gave Israel a set of rules called the Law Covenant. What was the deal there? How is that related to sin? And why did God provide the Law covenant (the Old Testament) if he knew there would be a New Testament?

Morality Police

Many young people feel that church has become less like a place of healing and more like a moral checkpoint, where belonging is guarded by reputation and rule-keeping. But is that the shape of Jesus’ own ministry? Did he train his followers to rank people as “clean” and “unclean,” or did he cross those lines, sharing tables with the socially suspect and describing his mission as a doctor for the sick? In the Gospels, the tension is clear: will we imitate boundary-policing religion, or will we follow the restoring welcome of Christ?

The Death Problem

Why do people die? Was it supposed to be this way? Were human beings destined to live and die as a natural order of things that atheists claim to be the case? Animals die, don’t they? What happens when a man dies? What did Jesus Christ say about death? Does science agree with the bible on the state of death? What is a soul according to the Bible? Can the soul die? What about the spirit? Won't that live on after death?

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