Joshua Generation

A Generation of Leaders in Christ

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Old Testament. Old Covenant. New Testament. New Covenant

Old and New

While Old and New Testament mean the same thing as Old and New Covenant, the Church has forgotten something: The word of God is one [united].

When presenting truth to the world, believers often stumble when a non-believer points out that something is from the Old Testament. Non-believers know just enough scripture to know that…

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Question of Compromise

Is there a way to demonstrate God’s love without compromising on His truth?

Yes. 

Scriptural truths are often twisted by the world to mean things entirely different from what they were originally intended for. Most of the time this is to satisfy a personal, political, or social agenda rather than to satisfy obedience to God.

For instance, the phrase “Paul became all thing to all people” is taken…

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Origin of Truth

Truth cannot be redefined, it can only be retold.

By definition, Truth is something that has the quality or state of being true or that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality. Interestingly enough, the world contradicts itself on this very subject.

The world says “what is right for me is right for me, and what is right for you is right for you.” This is the nature of the idea of tole…

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"I Identify As"

“I Identify As”

i·den·ti·ty

1. the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.

  There are several definitions of the word “Identity” and all revolve around the concept that identity describes what something is, not what something thinks it is. However, media and culture don’t seem to agree with these definitions.

So how do we determine what something is? Simply put, whoever created the original thing, gets…

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In Plain Sight

Mankind has an excuse for everything. It is not in human nature to accept responsibility for our actions, yet the world often wants to hold others accountable for their actions. The first man blamed woman. The first woman blamed the serpent. And the serpent….well…he kept silent.

Isn’t that interesting? Satan accepted responsibility for the fall of man in the garden, and Jesus accepted the…

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Love Redefined

Love.

A simple word that has all but lost its original meaning.

Christians and the world have a bad habit of judging one another without the authority to do so. Christians cannot be expected to adhere to worldly standards and vice versa. The world can judge their own, just as the body of Christ has a responsibility to hold one another accountable [rightly judging]. That also means we cannot…

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Physical Healing: Not the End Game

Sin brought disease and death into the world, which was never God’s intention, but where today’s culture is missing the mark is where we think God wants us to just heal the sick. We get this idea from taking Matthew 10:8 out of context:

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give.

The problem is that…

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Stop in the name of Love

Stop in the name of Love

There are two major perspective changes that need to happen in our culture today. The first is: The Devil did NOT make you do it.

Too often we equate Satan with Sin, but nowhere in scripture does it say that they are one in the same. Before he fell, Satan was called Lucifer. There was no “devil” to make him sin. He was the only sinner, to ever take responsibility for his actions because he could…

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What Real Men of God Do #12: Reclaiming the Standard

Standards and promises set by the world and by Jesus both come with eternal consequences. Both may end up costing you your physical life, but one rewards that cost with eternal spiritual life, while the other…with eternal darkness.

From the beginning, Men have rejected simple standards set by our loving creator, and tried to replace them with worldly ones. What we fail to realize is, we were…

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Missions: It's not just a trip

Missions: It’s not just a trip

TRIP

noun 1. an act of going to a place and returning; a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.

Especially for pleasure…

When Jesus sent out the 72 disciples to take the gospel to the lost sheep of Israel, Jesus did not say that he was sending them on a pleasure cruise. In fact,

Go your way; behold, I send you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no provisions…

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Shiny Objects: Distracting Western Christians

Shiny Objects: Distracting Western Christians

    The things of this world are Satan’s “shiny objects” that are used to entice people into a lifestyle and acceptance of sin. Things that are blatantly spoken out against in scripture, suddenly are labeled not that bad. Satan started this in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. Both Adam and Eve were instructed not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because they would die.…

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Some

In 1 Corinthians 12 Paul describes the spiritual gifts and how the division of labor was designed within the Church body for the use of these gifts. The Corinthians were a body of believers who were confident in Christ and the promise of His Holy Spirit. However, the Corinthians were beginning to focus too much on the power, signs, and wonders that were demonstrated through the Holy Spirit,…

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Ambassador's Authority

Ambassador

an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.

a person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity.

Purposes of an Ambassador

Protect citizens Support prosperity Work for peace

Many people readily accept the parts of scripture where Jesus declares that He has given us authority to act on His behalf, yet we do not…

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Big and Small

And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all].

Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -Matthew 18:3-4

There are thousands of theological debates…

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The Lion. The Ox. The Man. The Eagle. The Living Word.

And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them]. The first living creature (being) was like a lion, the second living creature like an…

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God says to protect and guard truth in our hearts. God, however, doesn't need defending.     Pro·tect verb \prə-ˈtekt\ : to keep (someone or something) from being harmed, lost, etc.   Guard verb…

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It's not enough to "Just love on people"

It’s not enough to “Just love on people”

    “I just want to love on people”

So often people use this phrase to describe their desire to do mission work…but what does it really mean?

Western culture has shifted away from the notion that Christians and Missionaries are synonymous with one another. Churches support missionaries and talk about missionaries but no longer teach that the call of EVERY Christian is to proclaim the gospel of…

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