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Problems The Nations - Geopolitics Today Uncategorized

Theopolis Institute

Rolf Thielen 2025-07-14 0 Comment

Today’s world is well-advanced along the path of decay Paul describes in Romans 1. Because we do not acknowledge God or give thanks, God has delivered us to bewildering sexual, moral, and political confusions....

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Church Life Problems Uncategorized

Pastor Centric Staff Led Churches

Rolf Thielen 2025-06-04 0 Comment

Many modern churches, particularly non-denominational or contemporary ones, shift away from the traditional “elder” model described in Titus 1:5-16, favoring staff-led or pastor-centric leadership. This can indeed sideline the development of biblical elders. Let’s...

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Church Life Problems The Kingdom of God Uncategorized

Why so Few Titus Elders?

Rolf Thielen 2025-06-03 0 Comment

Real Elders? The question of why there seem to be few “real elders” in churches today is multifaceted, involving cultural, societal, and ecclesiastical shifts. The term “real elders” refers to mature, wise, and spiritually...

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Christ Life Problems Uncategorized

Why God allowed Adam to Fall

Rolf Thielen 2024-07-13 0 Comment

The question of why God allowed Adam to sin is a spiritual one, and thus complex and multifaceted. Free Will: One point is the concept of free will. For love and obedience to be...

6 Minutes

Church Life Problems Uncategorized

You Have Need of Endurance

Rolf Thielen 2024-03-28 0 Comment

adapted from John Bloom A few months ago, I met a friend for breakfast. When I asked him how he was doing, he answered, “I’m enduring.” If his response doesn’t sound remarkable, it’s only...

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Christ Church Life Problems Uncategorized

The Gospel has been Weighed and Found too Heavy

Rolf Thielen 2024-03-22 0 Comment

Many modern churches cannot afford to preach what Paul, James, Peter, John, and Jude preached, and certainly not what Christ preached. The God of the Bible and certainly Christ has no grace for the...

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Problems The Gospel The Prophets Uncategorized

The Dunning Kruger Prophets

Rolf Thielen 2024-03-09 0 Comment

Wikipedia Definition of Dunning-Kruger The Dunning–Kruger effect is defined as the tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability.[2][3][4] This is often seen as a cognitive bias, i.e....

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Problems Uncategorized

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism by Christian Smith

Rolf Thielen 2024-02-25 0 Comment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) is a term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by the sociologist Christian Smith[1] with Melinda Lundquist Denton.[2] The...

Henk van der Spuy on New Believers Tract2024-04-02
Dit is so duidelik en eenvoudig uiteengesit! Verfrissend om dit so in detail te verstaan. Dankie!
Phillip on Limited Theology and Limited Salvation2024-01-14
For it is a great mystery, how can it be defined?... There is no end to it, why should we…
Phillip de Bruyn on Why no Graven Images?2022-12-22
Again pointing to the mystery of the Cross... What an unlimited, endless God we serve!
Sonja Thielen on Addictions & the Brain – Dr JimWilder2021-09-19
Excellent article. We should teach these skills to the young men and women in our groups so that they are…
Phillip on Moses, Saul, the Pope & the Pastor – Human Buffers against God2021-05-16
A word not taught in many circles these days... Sad, but true. So true...

Theopolis Institute

Pastor Centric Staff Led Churches

Why so Few Titus Elders?

Why God allowed Adam to Fall

You Have Need of Endurance

The Gospel has been Weighed and Found too Heavy

The Dunning Kruger Prophets

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism by Christian Smith

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