For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. --- Acts 20:27
This is so important; in fact, it should be front and center of everything the church does. Here, in Acts, and in his letters, we see the heart of a pastor and a teacher in Paul. And what did...

22. Now forgiveness is offered without repentance, discipleship without obedience, salvation without sanctity. (Hebrews 10:29; 4:11; Luke 13:24)
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Dear Manna for Living Friends,
In our busy world, it is easy to just celebrate on Easter Sunday and miss the deeper understanding of the events, the places, and the people who took part in the days leading up to His resurrection and after.
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21. Since the inception of the Church, the Gospel had the requirements of repentance and discipleship. (Acts 2:38; Luke 14:26; John 8:31)
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 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. --- Ephesians 2:8-9
Salvation through works is at odds with salvation through faith. Counting on the former, as a matter of course means, we cannot count on the latter....

 "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me". - John 14:6
There are many reasons over the past 30 years that I have been a fan of U2. Musically, they are adventurous and original. Their songs are...

To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. -- 1 Corinthians 9:22
The Gospel - those two words sum up the reason for all I do. If it were not for the Gospel, I would...

By now, you have probably seen the short paragraph at the end of each Manna for Living message that tells a little about myself and the plan of planting a new church in Richmond Virginia.
Harvest Bible Fellowship (as we will be known) has it's very own facebook page. I'm asking all of my Manna for...

20. We are living with an epidemic of cheap grace with flippant confession and shallow consecration. (Luke 14:28-30; Luke 14:26; James 4:8)
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