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A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I remember being out one night with a friend in Arizona. I was 20-years-old. My friend and I were about the craziest guys in town, with little good reputation to boot. Yet, this guy was worse than me. He had [...]

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure A bit over a decade ago, Evangelical pollster and sociologist George Barna concluded, based on numerous surveys, that nearly 40% of the individuals sitting in the pews in Evangelical Churches do not have enough content even to be saved. Christian Smith, the director [...]

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure The motto here at the Credo House is, “Helping people to believe more accurately and more deeply today than they did yesterday.” I love this motto. It expresses what I aspire to be and how I want to be used. [...]

Again, from Jeff Young, RMM Board Member. I think the “official” definition of a mega-church is any church with over 2000 members. Click here for a complete list

Here is one of the breakdown of the Mega churches in America. Once again, complements of Jeff Young, RMM board member. Click on image to enlarge

1. The Elect In Romans 9:6-13 Paul makes that argument to those who believe that God’s promises to Christians might fail just as the seemed to fail with Israel that it is only the elect that are “children of promise.” Not all of Israel is true Israel. Click image to enlarge 2. The intermediate state compared [...]