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Post  Admin Today at 12:25 am

Hello Elaine,


It's happening soon! Join us tonight for...



SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Part 1)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

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Post  Admin Tue 16 Apr 2024, 10:44 pm

Hello Elaine,

I'm back, and I'm looking forward to resuming our weekly online Bible study.

To refresh your memory, we previously discussed three expressions of spiritual power in the New Testament, namely,

God's power TOWARD us;

God's power IN us; and

God's power THROUGH us.

This is a useful framework for better understanding how spiritual power works, but we still need to know what spiritual power IS (and what it is not).

There are shades of meaning within these Greek nouns and verbs that will help us discern the things that are "hidden from the wise and prudent" and "revealed unto babes."
Join us this week for...

SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Part 1)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Part 1)
Thursday, April 11, 2024
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Post  Admin Sun 07 Apr 2024, 10:13 pm

When You Pray
by Chip Brogden

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites… but when you pray, enter into your closet and pray in secret… and when you pray, do not use vain repetitions… after this manner therefore, pray…” (Matthew 6:5-9ff).

Jesus takes it for granted that His disciples will pray. This is why four times in a row He says, “WHEN you pray” and not “IF you pray.”

But from these brief excerpts of Scripture we learn that there are at least two classes of prayer. One is unacceptable to God, and the other is well-pleasing to Him. One is of hypocrites, the other is of a pure heart. One is done openly to be seen of men, the other is hidden to be seen of God alone. One is nothing more than vain repetition to accomplish my own ends, and the other accomplishes God’s purpose.

Now if we pray the prayer of the hypocrite we are wasting our time. God will not respond, He will not move, He will not listen to such praying. That is not to say that someone (something?) will not answer this self-centered prayer: but the answer, when and if it comes, will not come from the Father in heaven. Much praying is done in vain because the one praying has never gone to the Word to investigate the kind of prayer that is well-pleasing to God. Just as there is a worship that is “spirit-and-truth” and there is a worship which is fleshly and vain, so there is a “spirit-and-truth” sort of praying and a flesh-and-blood praying which is done in vanity

So by the grace of God we would like to look to the Lord to teach us to pray. Let us ask Him to show us the sort of praying that is acceptable to Him...

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Post  Admin Sat 06 Apr 2024, 7:07 pm

Hello Elaine,


This week's prayer digest is attached.

This is a global prayer list with brothers and sisters from many nations represented. Please pray as the Lord leads and know that your prayers do make a difference, wherever you are!

To add your prayer request or praise report to next week's digest, simply reply to this email. To keep the list fresh, we will remove requests older than 30 days unless we receive an updated request to continue praying.

We also welcome your answers and praise reports.

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Post  Admin Fri 05 Apr 2024, 12:06 am

Hello Elaine,

If you are bothered by that ever-widening chasm between what we say we believe and how we actually live...

Between the obvious spiritual power displayed in the early Ekklesia compared to the denial or fakery of spiritual power in the modern day harlot church system...

Then I hope you will join us tonight for the beginning of a new online Bible study series...

SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Introduction)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

Register here (if you haven't already):
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Post  Admin Tue 02 Apr 2024, 10:16 pm

Hello Elaine,


The very essence of Religion is that it is up to us to do everything in our power to please God and make him happy.

This is very different from what God has actually provided for us in Christ.

The Christian life was never meant to be fulfilled "to the best of your ability" but to the best of HIS ability in you!

"Not I, but Christ" is the idea.

But HOW do we put that into practice?

This brings us to a topic worth exploring:

SPIRITUAL POWER.

My concern is that we can have a lot of doctrine and theory and still have no POWER! For example...

We can have teachings on "death to Self" and "putting away sin," but not enough POWER to live a holy life!

We can have motivational speaking on discipleship, but not enough POWER to follow Jesus!

We can have theories on spiritual warfare, but not enough POWER to bring down, cast out, tread upon, and overcome the adversary!

If you, too, are troubled by that ever-widening chasm between what we say we believe and how we actually live, then it is time to look at some basic questions...

What is spiritual power?

Where does it come from?

Who has it?

Who does not?

How can we get it?

How can we get more of it?

How do we flow in it?

Of course (depending on your church background) the answers to these questions will vary between "no such thing as God's power for today" to "I can name and claim anything I want in the name of Jesus!"

Somewhere in the middle of these two extremes we have a very interesting revelation of spiritual power described in the Scriptures, where the "secrets" of spiritual power are revealed to all who ask, seek, and knock.

When I began looking into this for myself, I found some very surprising things that made be re-think all my assumptions... and I want to share with you some of what God has shared with me!

To get answers to these questions (and much more), join us this week for the beginning of a new online Bible study series...


SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Introduction)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

Register here (if you haven't already):
https://TheSchoolOfChrist.Org/bib

The study is free, but your gift (of any amount) helps make it possible.

Thank you for supporting Christ-centered teaching.

I am your brother,

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Post  Admin Tue 02 Apr 2024, 10:15 pm

Hello Elaine,


The very essence of Religion is that it is up to us to do everything in our power to please God and make him happy.

This is very different from what God has actually provided for us in Christ.

The Christian life was never meant to be fulfilled "to the best of your ability" but to the best of HIS ability in you!

"Not I, but Christ" is the idea.

But HOW do we put that into practice?

This brings us to a topic worth exploring:

SPIRITUAL POWER.

My concern is that we can have a lot of doctrine and theory and still have no POWER! For example...

We can have teachings on "death to Self" and "putting away sin," but not enough POWER to live a holy life!

We can have motivational speaking on discipleship, but not enough POWER to follow Jesus!

We can have theories on spiritual warfare, but not enough POWER to bring down, cast out, tread upon, and overcome the adversary!

If you, too, are troubled by that ever-widening chasm between what we say we believe and how we actually live, then it is time to look at some basic questions...

What is spiritual power?

Where does it come from?

Who has it?

Who does not?

How can we get it?

How can we get more of it?

How do we flow in it?

Of course (depending on your church background) the answers to these questions will vary between "no such thing as God's power for today" to "I can name and claim anything I want in the name of Jesus!"

Somewhere in the middle of these two extremes we have a very interesting revelation of spiritual power described in the Scriptures, where the "secrets" of spiritual power are revealed to all who ask, seek, and knock.

When I began looking into this for myself, I found some very surprising things that made be re-think all my assumptions... and I want to share with you some of what God has shared with me!

To get answers to these questions (and much more), join us this week for the beginning of a new online Bible study series...


SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL POWER (Introduction)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

Register here (if you haven't already):
https://TheSchoolOfChrist.Org/bible


The study is free, but your gift (of any amount) helps make it possible.



Thank you for supporting Christ-centered teaching.

I am your brother,



Chip Brogden
https://TheSchoolOfChrist.Org



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Post  Admin Sun 31 Mar 2024, 1:20 pm

Back to the Cross
by Chip Brogden



Apart from the Cross, we do not know what Resurrection is.



Religion seeks to reform a man; the Cross seeks to crucify him. Religion may fail to bring about the desired result, but the Cross never fails to achieve its end.



Mankind will pursue morality, virtue, spirituality, even perform religious works and good deeds, in order to avoid death on a Cross. But there are no wounds, no scars, no evidence of having ever died and been made alive unto God. Either a man has never died, or he has died and been raised again. You cannot fake a resurrection...

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Post  Admin Sat 30 Mar 2024, 1:27 am

Hello Elaine!
After some delay, the Kindle version of my newest book is now available on Amazon.

In "The 7 Essential Teachings of Jesus" we are considering the essential, fundamental, basic, and elementary ideas, principles, and concepts that Jesus taught.

Most of the teachings of Jesus can be categorized into these seven basic concepts; and yet, the depth of these simple teachings are such that we may study them and apply them our whole lives.

Click the links below to check it out on Amazon.

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Post  Admin Thu 28 Mar 2024, 9:23 pm

Hello Elaine,

I hope you can join us tonight for the final message in this series.

You don't want to miss it!


DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 12)
Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Post  Admin Tue 26 Mar 2024, 11:49 pm

Hello Elaine,
Abraham "saw" Jesus' day and rejoiced.
Moses prophesied of Another Prophet Who would come.
David wrote detailed prophetic psalms pointing to the crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and reign Christ.
Daniel had visions and dreams of "the Son of Man" and His Kingdom.
All of these spoke of Jesus hundreds of years before "the Word became flesh and dwelled among us."
You and I are the custodians of this legacy.
You and I carry the vision forward.
You and I are privileged to see the partial fulfillment of everything "in the past" with Jesus, as well as the final fulfillment of everything "in the future" as God sums everything into Christ.
Join us this week for the final message in this series...
DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 12)
Thursday, March 21, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)
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Post  Admin Sun 24 Mar 2024, 4:52 pm

4 Pillars of a Christ-Centered Faith
by Chip Brogden

The belief and practice of the New Testament was based upon, and centered around, a relationship with a Person.

The focus was not on the systematic theology of a new religious group, nor was it the particular nuance of doctrine from a breakaway splinter group within Judaism. New Testament belief and practice was unique in that it was centered upon a Man Who lived, died, came back to life again, and would now rule in the hearts of men and women until He returned. You could say that in the New Testament universe, God clearly established that everything was to revolve around the SON.



If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? I believe the answer, as it pertains to the Ekklesia, is to go back to the One Foundation that cannot be destroyed: Christ Jesus the Lord. “For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 3:11). This Foundation is strong and secure.



We must tear down the flimsy structures we have built and rebuild upon the firm foundation of Christ. I offer the following Four Pillars as a basis upon which the Ekklesia can re-establish itself in the current age and ensure the continuity of an authentic, Biblical, Christ-Centered Faith for this generation and for however many will follow...

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Post  Admin Thu 21 Mar 2024, 7:25 pm

Hello Elaine,

David sinned, but he repented.

And although the consequences of that fall were irreversible, we do touch upon a new and improved spirit of humility in David - softer, gentler, kinder.

My encouragement to you is GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET!

Join us tonight as we consider these things...
DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 11)
Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Post  Admin Sun 17 Mar 2024, 4:49 pm

Trust In My Life
by Chip Brogden
I am learning more and more the necessity of letting God have His Way with me.
That is not to say I allow Him to live through me at all times as I should. Would that I would so yield, at all times, and without fail. But in the instances where I have allowed Him to respond through me the results have been startling. It is by this that I know He is alive. I am able to watch Him work through me, almost as though I were standing apart from myself observing it.
In order to bring my experience down to earth in terms of practicality, let me take an ordinary incident and demonstrate how His Life responds for us, and in our stead, when we allow it...

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Post  Admin Sat 16 Mar 2024, 8:22 pm

Hello Elaine,
This week's prayer digest is attached.
Please pray as the Lord leads.
To add your prayer request or praise report, simply reply to this email.

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Post  Admin Thu 14 Mar 2024, 11:10 pm

Hello Elaine,
God accounts for our momentary lapses and failures, loving us enough to stay with us even when we mess up.

Join us tonight as we finish what we started last week and see both the promise and the warning of David and Bathsheba...

DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 10)
Thursday, March 14, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

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Post  Admin Tue 12 Mar 2024, 10:50 pm

Hello Elaine,
Last week we discussed "The Spirituality of Perfection."

It is a religious attitude that assumes everyone must be sinless, perfect, and pure before God can possibly use us - our Self TOTALLY dead, our flesh TOTALLY crucified, and whatever is left must be 100% spiritual at all times.

If we manage to live up our own impossible standards then we become judgmental of others who fall short (think: Pharisees; even Jesus wasn't good enough for them).

If we fail to live up to our own impossible standards then we become consumed with unnecessary guilt and shame.

An alternative to this impossible standard is what I call "The Spirituality of Imperfection."

This acknowledges that all of us have sinned and will sin; that none of us are beyond temptation; that none of us have achieved (or can achieve) sinless perfection.

Even Paul made no claims to having achieved perfection, only that he kept pressing on and pursuing Christ.

And so we observed that God’s purpose and will does not depend upon our never making mistakes, but on how we recover from them.

Peter denied the Lord three times, and all the disciples forsook Him!

But it is what they did AFTER they failed that turned the world upside down.

God accounts for these momentary lapses and loves us enough to stay with us even when we mess up.

That is more Scriptural (and realistic) than any impossible notion of "perfection."

Join us this week to see the principle illustrated in David and Bathsheba...
DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 10)
Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Post  Admin Sat 09 Mar 2024, 9:59 pm

Hello Elaine,

We feel led of the Lord to support our brothers and sisters all over the world who are going through difficult circumstances and need the prayers and intercessions of God's people.

This week's prayer digest is attached.

If you are led to pray, please do so as the Lord leads.

Some find it helpful to focus on one category per day (there are seven in all).

If you would like us to pray with you and add your prayer request to the digest, simply reply to this email.

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Hello Elaine,

Rather than set up the impossible standard of sinlessness, we ought rather to think about how to get ourselves back on track as quickly as possible when the inevitable happens - without any drama or self-loathing.


In David we find three principles to help you get back on track when you have fallen sh

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Post  Admin Wed 06 Mar 2024, 12:44 am

Hello Elaine,

As I was driving to the landfill one Saturday morning, beating myself up over my lack of perfection, the Lord spoke to me very clearly that "Chip's righteousness" is like the filthy rags of that landfill.

"Our relationship is not based on your perfection, but Mine," He said. "I love you the same, whether you are good or bad, spiritual or selfish, in My Will or out of it. Your own assessments of yourself are not that accurate anyway."

That was eye-opening.

Being a perfectionist, it was a great blow to my pride to discover that I was far from perfect, that I would make mistakes despite my best intentions, and that I would not achieve "sinless perfection" in this lifetime.

But it was also a relief to discover that this is just the way God intends it.

Spiritual Maturity (not Spiritual Perfection) is God's Purpose for us in this present Age.

Rather than set up the impossible standard of sinlessness, we ought rather to think about how to get ourselves back on track as quickly as possible when the inevitable happens - without any drama or self-loathing.

The first step is realizing that our relationship is based on Unfailing Love rather than Sinless Perfection.

A great example of this is David's moral failure regarding Bathsheba
It is a sad and sorry story of adultery and murder that should have never happened.

But the lesson is in how David responded to being called out for his sins, compared to how Saul responded.

There are lessons there for us as well.

Such as:

"God's ability to forgive is greater than your ability to fail."

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Post  Admin Sun 03 Mar 2024, 8:30 pm

The Danger of Familiarity
by Chip Brogden



“You gave me no water for My feet… No kiss of greeting… No oil for My head” (Luke 7:44-46ff).



The presence of Jesus was taken for granted! Was it just a case of forgetfulness on the part of His host, or was it something else? Something deeper?



Perhaps the Pharisee was becoming too familiar with Jesus – just a little bit too casual. From a distance Jesus was pretty amazing. Now that he had Jesus sitting there at his own table, in his own house, he saw that Jesus was a man. Maybe he came to believe that Jesus was someone not too unlike himself. It’s only Jesus, so there’s no need to get all excited. Let Him get His own water and wash His own feet.

That is the danger of familiarity...

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Post  Admin Sat 02 Mar 2024, 11:55 pm

Hello Elaine,

I know in the age of "Microwave Miracles" we all want and expect instant answers, instant solutions, and instant breakthroughs.

But would you wait 1,000 years for God's promise to come to pass?
David did!
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Post  Admin Thu 29 Feb 2024, 11:39 pm

Hello Elaine,

I know in the age of "Microwave Miracles" we all want and expect instant answers, instant solutions, and instant breakthroughs.

But would you wait 1,000 years for God's promise to come to pass?
David did!
Join us tonight as we take a look at..

DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 8)
Thursday, February 29, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time (New York)

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Post  Admin Tue 27 Feb 2024, 11:43 pm

Hello Elaine,
Sometimes it seems as if the promises of God aren't coming true.
Sometimes it seems as if the Word of God isn't certain.
Sometimes it seems as though God is slow to respond, or late to arrive.
In all of these situations our faith is tested

And this is what I consider the root of all temptation.
Every temptation, test, trial, and difficulty comes down to a simple decision.
Either we trust in the Greatness and Goodness of God, or we don't.
Either we believe that God is Who He says He is, or we don't.
Either we believe that God will do what He says He will do, or we don't
Faith is not believing God when God delivers, but when God delays.
Anybody can believe God after the answer, but to believe God while waiting for the answer is the true measure of faith.
And what if we don't get the answer we want, when we want it?
Then we can become angry, bitter, frustrated, sad, or upset.
Or, we can take the attitude of Job: "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him."
God wasn't the one out to get Job, but Job had no way of knowing that.
Even so, Job says I'm going to trust God no matter what; and nothing, not even death, will cause me keep me from trusting in Him.
You have so much more revelation, wisdom, and discernment than Job.
You, too, can trust God.
Even when the enemy (not God) comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
His power is perfected in our weakness.
His promises are "yes" and "amen" in Christ.
To David, a man after God's own heart, God is about to make the most daring promise of all.
And, even though it looked like the promise could not possibly be fulfilled, God did above and beyond what David asked or imagined.
Join us this week as we take a look at...
DAVID: A PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVE (Part 8)
Thursday, February 29, 2024
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