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Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:21

What does submission mean? Does submission require a leader? Can it be mutual? The Comp and Egal debate continues.… Read More Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:21

May 18, 2013May 2, 2022 kbonikowsky8 Comments

What’s new and stuff

What’s new? Well its been a beautiful spring in Snoqualmie! My hands have been too dirty to type! I get to use this awesome set-up at church! I started helping to run the switcher and cameras on Sunday mornings. Its been 7 years since I’ve worked video, but its like riding a bike. So fun.… Read More What’s new and stuff

May 17, 2013 kbonikowsky2 Comments

Re-posted Rant on Unity

Graceful Election Have you ever had a shift of purpose? A time when your actions didn’t change, but YOU did? And then it seems EVERYTHING changes? When I was in college, I had one of these shifts. I was raised a Christian. I know I had that child-like faith that saves. But, I didn’t KNOW… Read More Re-posted Rant on Unity

April 11, 2013 kbonikowsky2 Comments

A test of Christian leadership

In 1 Samuel 15, Samuel told King Saul to destroy the worthless Amalekites. Although genocide is generally not a good idea today, the principle revealed in the story is a great test of Christian leadership. Who do your Christian leaders honor? The popular and powerful or the weak, undeserved nobodies? Amalekite History Who were these condemned people? When… Read More A test of Christian leadership

April 3, 2013September 20, 2016 kbonikowsky1 Comment

Here I lay my Ebenezer

We sang “Come Thou Fount” this morning in church. They skipped the Ebenezer verse. Boo. So, because I’m plagued with a condition called Earworms, I’ve been humming that vacant verse all morning. Here I raise my ebenezer, Hither by thy help I’ve come. Eben-ezer Before Ebenezer was Scrooge, it was a place. Eben, in Hebrew, means Rock or… Read More Here I lay my Ebenezer

March 17, 2013May 4, 2022 kbonikowsky1 Comment

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