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October 8, 2020 Mitch Bedzyk
radically oridinary church ministry

Radically Ordinary Church Ministry

October 8, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Christian Living Discipleship

According to Scripture, ministry in the local church isn't for a select, gifted few, but for all Christians. No stage or spotlight required.

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ECC Bookstall

The ECC Bookstall

September 9, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Life at ECC

The ECC Bookstall provides free resources for understanding the Bible and developing a well-rounded Christian worldview.

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Elmira Homeschool Co-op for K-12

Homeschool Co-op for K-12 Beginning Fall 2020

July 27, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Life at ECC education

Starting in September, 2020, we are planning to begin a faith-based homeschool co-op for grades K-12 in our school building.

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Revelation and Redemption

Revelation and Redemption: How God Speaks Today

July 16, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Theology salvation

If revelation and redemption are connected to and culminate in Jesus, the question we need to ask it not whether God speaks, but how he speaks today.

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Humble Prayer: Letting God be God

July 1, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study humility

Hezekiah’s humble prayer in Isaiah 37:14-20 teaches us the kind of prayer that pleases God and is the result of true, saving faith.

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Testing God: A Closer look at Gideon's Fleece

Testing vs. Trusting God: A Closer Look at Gideon’s Fleece

April 15, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study Gideon

Gideon putting out a fleece and testing God only shows his glaring lack of trust in God and his word.

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The Irony of the Cross

The Irony of the Cross

April 10, 2020 Posted By: Mitch Bedzyk Bible Study Good Friday

In our Lord's Passion we see the greatest example of irony in Scripture as God overturns and makes foolish the world's wisdom.

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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”: 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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