Tag Archives: Sanctification / New Life in Christ

Church Planting, Leadership, and the Search for Humility

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Jeff Block

Part 2 in the Series: What I Learned Failing to Plant a Church I recently published my first post about what I learned failing to plant a church. I suspected then, and am more convinced now, that this will be a … Continue reading →

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What I Learned Failing to Plant a Church

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Jeff Block

(Part 1 of ?) It’s been four years since my wife and I first felt the Lord calling us to plant a church. More than that, we believed God was giving us a vision for a different kind of church … Continue reading →

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Paul, the Institution of Slavery, and the Cross-shaped Life

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Jeff Block

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SLAVERY IN THE PAULINE CORPUS Submitted to Dr. Joshua Jipp in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course NT 6252 Interpreting Paul and General Epistles at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Preface Whether as a paper or a blog post, … Continue reading →

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The Spirit’s Carol

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Jeff Block

A sermon manuscript for Romans 8:1-19, prepared for Life Bridge Community Church (recorded audio | sermon notes) Introduction Well, Merry Christmas, Life Bridge! … and a happy new year. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. One of our family traditions is … Continue reading →

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The Sum of the Gospel: Toward an Evangelical Catechism

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jeff Block

I wrote this last fall and had originally intended to publish it then. Better late than never, I guess. It is the result of significant reading and study for one of the core systematic theology classes in the M.Div curriculum … Continue reading →

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Foundations: A Transformed Dream

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jeff Block

A sermon manuscript on Romans 12:1-2, prepared for Life Bridge Community Church (recorded audio | sermon notes) Introduction As you know, this year we have been working through the book of 1 Corinthians, studying what it means to be the church. When … Continue reading →

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