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About shepherdbryan

My passion is to disciple and see men discipled in every area of their life to see the multiplication principle actually work in a 100 year generational blessing. As go men in the church, so goes the church. As go men in the nation, so goes the nation. Fortunately, because men have often not taken their spiritual role to the limit, God has raised up many godly women to carry the torch where men have laid it aside. May God rapidly raise up men for the next generation of leaders to the Fourth Generation of spiritual leaders! As men lead in a godly way, women will follow in a godly way and that people will be blessed of the Lord.

Question: Is a Faith a Work?

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Recently, I was in a conversation with a person who held to a strict Calvinistic position. That is, he believed in the five point TULIP principles. During the conversation, we discussed Ephesians 2:8 and how the word “that” cannot refer to faith because of the Greek grammatical construction, but it must refer to “salvation,” which is elliptical (which means it is implied by the verb “saved”). As the discussion continued, I stated that faith was a non-meritorious decision.  There is no merit before God. Then he commented that a decision or faith is an action and salvation is not obtained by a work or an action. Continue reading →

Book Review: Pray & Watch by Neal and Judy Brower

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Pray and Watch by Neal and Judy Brower is not a new program on prayer.  It is a great book on a lifestyle change.  Fortunately, this lifestyle change is not something that only a few theologically astute can achieve. It is not a concept that only the disciplined dozen will grasp. It is not a concept that only the courageously committed company of those who have walked on terra-firma for fifty or more years can comprehend, but anyone.  Continue reading →