Tag: Cliff McManis

Think before you speak.

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I’ve heard this important saying said a slightly different way with the acronym THINK. Is what you’d like to say: Thoughtful, Honest, Intelligent, Necessary, and Kind?

At my former church, Grace Bible Fellowship of Silicon Valley, many church members and pastors/elders used vicious, vile hate speech and were terribly verbally abusive. Many former church members were shocked at how bad and abusive their speech was at GBFSV. It is not like Jesus and they did a great deal of damage.

Three Unmistakable Examples of Gender Politics in the New ESV Translation – Missio Alliance

One of the first (and usually embarrassing) lessons we learned during our four years of living in England was the absolute truth of the statement that “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” All of us North Americans made gaffes. No matter how astute we thought ourselves, there were always stumbles. … Continued

Source: Three Unmistakable Examples of Gender Politics in the New ESV Translation – Missio Alliance

Jesus did NOT quote Malachi 2:16 on divorce… — Divorce Minister

“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel…. -Malachi 2:16a, NASB “And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” -Matthew 19:9, NASB Jesus did not quote the infamous passage from Malachi on divorce: “I [God] hate divorce.” This is an important observation…

via Jesus did NOT quote Malachi 2:16 on divorce… — Divorce Minister