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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part FourOther Doctrines that are negatively affected by Authoritarian Leadership Structures RLM / May 2025 There are a number of other doctrines that are compromised when people believe that obedience to elders should be something that is without limit or without proper accountability. These are very significant when discussing this issue.…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part ThreePeter and Paul’s Views on Leadership RLM / May 2025 Peter’s Teaching on Elders / No Domineering Individuals, Rather Good Examples 1 Peter 5:1–4 (ESV) / 1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part TwoJesus’ Teaching on Leaders and Elders / Lords or Servants? What did Jesus teach us about leadership and authority? Why do we stray from it so fast, so easily? Are we ignorant, or are we simply sinful in nature? I guess it’s a bit of both. Mark 10 Mark 10:42–45…
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Continue reading →: Christlike Leadership / Part OneExposing a Misused Proof Text: Hebrews 13:17 RLM / May 2025 Below is a quick summary of the different aspects mentioned in this piece. It is my desire that we as Christians move beyond the worldly focus on authority as power and control and move on toward thinking of authority as mutual service, submission, and…
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Continue reading →: Messiah is Coming, Despite our Best-Worst EffortsThoughts on the Messianic Passages of 1 and 2 Samuel Rick L. McNally, April 15, 2025 The books of 1 and 2 Samuel are beautiful pieces of art. They speak of the faithlessness of men and the stubbornness of God to work with and through the broken people he created.…
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Continue reading →: Daniel’s Great PrayerDaniel Chapter 9 / What can we learn from a man who prayed in the desert 2,600 years ago? Actually, a lot! Rick McNally / 2025 Daniel was a man of Judah. Before he was born, his country was broken into two. When he was young, perhaps about 15 years…
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Continue reading →: How to Choose Faith over Fear: Strength from Psalm 56Rick McNally / April 2025 In this season of my life, I more fully understand the Psalms. I fondly remember one of my professors at Moody Bible Institute telling us that the Psalms would not mean as much to us 20-somethings as to older people—people who have been beaten up…
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Continue reading →: What is Spiritual Abuse?Book excerpts on a particular type of abusive relationship and actions. Note: Only the initial paragraphs were written by myself / Rick McNally We understand drug abuse. It is when a person misuses drugs, some of which can be used right and proper in other instances. We understand verbal abuse. …
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Continue reading →: Jesus in the Book of RevelationHow is the person of Jesus Christ presented in the book of Revelation? Rick L. McNally / 2025 At the bottom of this page you will find a list of how Jesus Was Presented in the Book of Revelation. After that list you will find a link to a pdf…
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Continue reading →: Four Timeless Truths from the Book of RuthFor Katie and Isaac / For their wedding, February 14, 2025 / Rick L. McNally Today I’m going to talk a few minutes about the book of Ruth. And this is not typical for me. I have to admit to you that Ruth was not my favorite book in the Bible,…
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