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All Posts For - Mitch Bedzyk

April 3, 2020 Mitch Bedzyk
Jesus Christ Descended to the Dead

Christ’s Descent to the Dead is Good News

April 3, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Books books

Christ’s descent to the dead is not only a biblically supported and historically confessed doctrine of the Christian church, but it is gloriously good news.

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Give Your Life to Jesus - Glen Scrivener

“Give Your Life to Jesus”: Putting Cart Before Horse

February 28, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Christian Living altar call

Glen Scrivener's poem shows how we put cart before horse by telling people to "Give their lives to Jesus" without first being reminded of what He gave.

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honor your father and mother

How Do We Honor Our Father and Mother?

February 27, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study books

In order to understand the significance of the command to honor our father and mother and what it looks like, we must ask the question, How do we honor God?

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Sanctuary Renovation Project

Sanctuary Renovation Project (Spring 2020)

February 5, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Life at ECC

In February 2020 we will be launching a sanctuary renovation project to make several much-needed improvements to our church's sanctuary.

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encouragement - an antidote for unbelief

Encouragement: An Antidote for Unbelief

January 29, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study Discipleship

One of the simplest, most effective antidotes for doubt and unbelief in the Christian life is encouragement that comes from the Scriptures.

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Coffee, Joy, and the Goodness of God

Coffee, Joy, and the Goodness of God

January 8, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Christian Living Coffee

God commands joy, delight, and thanksgiving in the things of earth he has graciously given us, even in something as simple as a cup of coffee.

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Bible Reading Plans

Bible Reading Plans

December 26, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study bible study

A curated list of Bible reading plans to help you grow in your knowledge of and love for God's Word.

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Church Growth

Church Growth: Business or Biblical Metrics?

December 18, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk The Church church growth

Rather than focusing on numerical growth, let's remember what true, biblical church growth looks like and what metrics we ought to be concerned with.

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The Temple: The Church's Construction Project

The Temple: The Church’s Construction Project

December 11, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study chronicles

The conclusion to and fulfillment of Israel's story is found not in the building of a future physical temple but in the Great Commission.

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Written Prayers

Praying Written Prayers

November 13, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Spiritual Growth popular

Here are several thoughts to help clarify our decision to include carefully planned and pre-written prayers in our Lord's Day worship.

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Four Must-Have Bible Study Resources

4 Must-Have Bible Study Resources

November 6, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study bible study

Here are four must-have Bible study resources that are worth their weight in gold and belong on the bookshelves of every student of the Bible.

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The fear of the Lord

What is “The Fear of the Lord”?

October 23, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study

The fear of the Lord is an important image central to biblical faith found all throughout Scripture. Unfortunately, it is far too often misunderstood

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Culture of honor - Book Review

Culture of Honor: A Book Review

August 30, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Books Apostles

A critical review of Danny Silk's popular book, "Culture of Honor: Sustaining a Supernatural Environment"

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qualified delivered redeemed - colossians 1:12-14

Qualified, Delivered, and Redeemed

August 28, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study Colossians

In order to walk worthy of Christ, we must constantly give thanks to God, who has graciously qualified, delivered, and redeemed us.

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Where Christ is Not Preached There is No Holy Ghost

Where Christ Is Not Preached, There Is No Holy Ghost

August 21, 2019 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Life at ECC Holy Spirit

A church devoid of the Holy Spirit is a church that fails to faithfully preach the gospel of Jesus Christ from all the Scriptures.

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