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Decapolis
Kingdom Art - Literature - Non-Fiction
Interests: The Unshakeable Kingdom
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All human beings are image bearers and represent God in creation, whether we believe in God, follow God or not. But, because of our rebellion and the pull towards destructive elements in a fallen space-time, this image is marred. When we recognize it, it's typically for diabolical purposes and diabolical... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2022 at 10 Cities
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Being created in the image of God doesn’t describe what we look like but who we are. Instead of settling for inanimate images, YHWH created His images as us. To create an image of YHWH, for reverence, would be to denigrate our own identity, as well as His. That doesn’t... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2022 at 10 Cities
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Although God had given Adam and Eve a job description, that job didn’t create value for them. They already had it, by just being created as His imagers on earth. However, the way God created the world, as well as how He created us, it informs how we perform our... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2022 at 10 Cities
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In Genesis 1:27 God created male and female, as His image. Just a verse earlier God proclaims that He wants to make humanity as their image, according to their likeness. Who are “they” in that sentence. Many have used this to support the Trinity. However, that runs into serious theological... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2022 at 10 Cities
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Even if you’ve had no exposure to the Hebrew language, chances are good that you’ve heard of the word “Elohim”. Elohim is a masculine, plural noun. It comes from the root word El, which means god, goddess or deity. Elohim is typically translated to mean God with a capital G.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2022 at 10 Cities
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People get into conspiracy theories, political movements, scientific or technological trends and even Christianity as a method of forgetting personal failure and disappointment in their lives. Sometimes it really hasn't got so much to do with whatever the topic as it is a group activity--a way of connecting when real... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2019 at 10 Cities
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Everyone’s a gambler. I don’t care how much you may have a disdain for gambling or think it sinful. You gamble. So do I. What do I mean by that? There is so much outside of our direct control, we must put our faith in something that will get us... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2019 at 10 Cities
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Freedom is everything to us, especially in America where it’s the Land of the Free. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote that human beings each had inalienable rights to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Of course, he was taking the quote from Locke but used happiness... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2019 at 10 Cities
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I read several articles from Christian publications about Joshua Harris’ apostasy. These things seem to be more frequent, but my guess isn’t that they’re more frequent. It’s just that we’re in a celebrity Christian culture and when the celebrities fall away, everyone wants to analyze why or even how something... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2019 at 10 Cities
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Discipleship is a vague term within church circles, ranging from the harshly legalistic to just about whatever you want it to be. However, when you read the Gospels and the New Testament epistles, it seems that discipleship is pretty much the whole process in between now and when the show's... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2019 at 10 Cities
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"Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2019 at 10 Cities
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These are some thoughts I have been having for several years that I have not been able to put into words until now. You may read them and think I still haven’t been able to accomplish that. Maybe so, but that’s due to my inability to communicate clearly, not an... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2019 at 10 Cities
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In Islam, there's a weird doctrine about the eternality of the Quran. The hadith teach that the Quran wasn't created in the 7th century. They believe the Quran, in it's verbalized or written form, has always existed, from eternity. However, they also believe in the tawid, that Allah is one... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2019 at 10 Cities
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Dallas Willard stated that in modern America, freedom and liberty are euphemisms for impulse and pleasure. When pressed on particular tropes of freedom and liberty, regardless of the more popular issues being bantered around, it's tough to disagree with Willard on this point. An ethic of unfettered impulse or pleasure... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2019 at 10 Cities
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Rejection is probably the most significant way to describe life after the Fall. Some would say, 'no, it's sin', as if rejection, abandonment and human throw-aways aren't sinful things. Sin is a description and the outflow of a ruptured relationship. We were created to be God's human family to rule... Continue reading
Posted Jan 1, 2019 at 10 Cities
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I live in the south. When it comes to Christianity, it's sometimes tough to tell the 'good guys' from the 'bad guys' around here. Most people go to church in the south, whether they are followers or not. It's just part of what you do when raised here (I tend... Continue reading
Posted Dec 29, 2018 at 10 Cities
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“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’... Continue reading
Posted Dec 29, 2018 at 10 Cities
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In Bethlehem, in Israel This blessed Babe was born And laid within a manger Upon this blessed morn The which His Mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn Oh tidings of comfort and joy Comfort and joy Oh tidings of comfort and joy Fear not then, said the Angel Let... Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2018 at 10 Cities
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". . . the mouth speaks what the heart is full of" Luke 6:45c. This book represents more than three years of regurgitating what was on Steve's heart and in his brain regarding the Kingdom. After the third chapter, he had what I call a brain fart. He put the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2017 at Running Into Reality
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Steve Cobb, son, brother, husband, father, pastor, and apprentice of Jesus, was born on June 10, 1958, in western North Carolina. He was the oldest of two boys. The Cobb family was a regular church-going family, as were many in those days. Yet, a young Steve Cobb decided at a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2017 at Running Into Reality
04-10-13 - All Is Yours 04-17-13 - All the World's a Critic and You're Tired of Reading the Reviews - I Corinthians 4:1-5 04-21-13 - His Worship - John 4:24 04-24-13 - Smoke and Mirrors - I Corinthians 4:6-13 04-28-13 - Life of the Party - John 2:1-11 05-01-13 -... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Steve Cobb's Sermons
01-01-12 - Let it Rip - II Timothy 1:3-7 01-04-12 - Introduction to II Thessalonians - II Thessalonians 1:1-2 01-08-12 - Why Luke - Luke 1:1-4 01-11-12 - Attitude of Gratitude - II Thessalonians 1:3-4 01-15-12 - Jesus' Method of Teaching - Luke 4:42-44 01-18-12 - When the Dragon Tail... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Steve Cobb's Sermons
01-05-11 - The Pot Calling the Kettle Black , Part 1 - I Timothy 3:1-7 01-09-11 - Colossians Introduction - Colossians 1:1-2 01-12-11 - The Pot Calling the Kettle Black, Part 2 - I Timothy 3:1-7 01-16-11 - What I Like About Church - Colossians 1:3-8 01-23-11 - This Prayer... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Steve Cobb's Sermons
01-03-10 - Let It Rip - II Timothy 1:3-7 01-06-10 - The Breath of God - II Peter 1:19-21 01-10-10 - Enough Already - Ecclesiastes 5:10-17 01-13-10 - It Might Not Be a Duck - II Peter 2:1-3 01-17-10 - From Existence to Life - Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 01-20-10 - No... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Steve Cobb's Sermons