Because of some recent conversations with various people, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability”. I was intrigued to discover that in its various forms, it is indeed a theory and not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine. However, the results of which version of the theory you believe in can [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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I read this today: When the LORD saw that man’s wickedness was wide spread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time, the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Then the LORD said, ‘I [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Posted on October 19th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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Yesterday, I started a new blog, and I thought I would document all the technical details of setting it up, partly for my own future reference and partly to help out others who want to go all out and do this thing properly. This step-by-step is for the WordPress blogging platform: Register a domain name [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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I listened in on this morning’s message at Ephrata Christian Fellowship. Mose Stoltzfus used the following example to show how we as Christians can live at times if we do not accept the all sufficiency of Christ for our lives. Homer and Langley Collyer were sons of a respected New York doctor. Both had earned [...]
Posted on December 16th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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I’ve been using some new Bible study software called Bible Desktop. It is written in Java, which for you non-techies simply means it can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux with a few minor differences in the way it works on each. For Bibles, dictionaries, commentaries, glossaries, etc., it uses modules from the Sword project, [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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Sitting here in the Harrisburg International airport waiting for my flight home, I’ve been thinking back over the week at Charity Youth Bible School and wondering what aspects of it I should write about. Spiritually, it has been close to, if not the most challenging week of my life. I studied the Bible along with [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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“Whatever happens, as citizens of heaven live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together with one accord for the faith of the gospel.” – Philippians [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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After a good discussion about our scripture memorization program at church, I thought I’d jot down some notes about the subject. I have never been good at memorizing exact quotes. I love to paraphrase an idea or saying, so I can understand it better in “my own language”. However there is a definite advantage in [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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If you have 58 or so minutes to spare from your busy life, watch this video preached at a youth conference by Paul Washer. As a disclaimer, I don’t know him, however the message he proclaims is excellent.
Posted on March 24th, 2007 by Josh Champagne
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