March 12, 2020
by Scott Hollingshead
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Updates
Doxa Church,
We want to let you know how we are responding to recent news about Coronavirus in our area, and urge you to think biblically while taking every thought captive for God's glory.
First, we want to acknowledge thatCOVID-19has recently reached a new phase in Placer County called "community spread," and official recommendations from the county and state have chan...
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January 30, 2020
by Emily Pagan
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Updates
We're in a building...now what? God has entrusted us with a great stewardship here with our building, and we want to use it to glorify God by making disciples. So how will that look going forward? What are we thinking about and capable of in the short and long term? How can you be involved? All that and more was covered in our 2020 Vision Night!
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August 7, 2019
by Chris Ritter
| Tags: soul care, counseling,
What is Biblical Counseling?
Biblical counseling is an approach to helping people through dependence on, and application of, the Bible as the highest authority and sufficient source for transformation in people's lives. Within a local church, it is rightly understood as part of the discipleship process. It could even be thought of as "intensive discipleship" - entering ...
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June 12, 2019
by Chris Ritter
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Christian Living
| Tags: Chris Ritter, Enneagram, Enneagram Christian, The Road Back To You, Personality Test
The Enneagram is a very popular self-assessment tool in the fields of psychology, business, and even many Christian communities today. The word comes from the Greek words Ennea (Nine) and Grammos (Written symbol). The goal of understanding the Enneagram, or "knowing your number" is to understand yourself better so that you can relate in more healthy ways to yourself, other...
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February 14, 2019
by Charley Maxey
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Updates
In January 2019, a team of ten people from our Church went down to Redondo Beach, CA to help Salt and Light Church with one of their first preview services. Salt and Light is a new church that we have had the privelidge of partnering with that is also part of the GCC (Great Commission Collective). Their pastors Jody and Byron visited our church in September to cast a vis...
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September 5, 2018
by Chris Ritter
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Christian Living
Starting in September, two incredible opportunities are coming your way for you to engage with the Lord on a deeper level with the Harvest community. First, we are encouraging weekly fasting on Fridays. Second, and in conjunction with Fasting Fridays, we are asking all who call Harvest home to join us on the last Sunday of each month for an evening of celebration and p...
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August 15, 2018
by Scott Hollingshead
| Tags: harvest bible chapel, Harvest, deacons, blog
Deacon Role:
Why does a church appoint deacons?
1. The office of deacon is one of two offices given in the New Testament (Phil 1:1):
a. Elders/pastors/overseers - oversee doctrine, discipline, and direction. Elders serve as the spiritual under-shepherds who persist in sound teaching, prayer, and shepherding (Titus 1:5-9; 1 Tim 3:1-7; Heb 13:17).
b. Deacons - take ...
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April 6, 2018
by Scott Hollingshead
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Category:
Theology
Recommended Reading List from our Anchored Series
General Theology Books
Systematic Theology by John M. Frame
Biblical Doctrine edited by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul
Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith by Robert Reym...
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March 2, 2018
by Chris Ritter
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HBCS Updates
This year, Harvest is hosting a Christ-Centered Passover feast through our small groups. This will be an incredible opportunity to experience with fresh eyes the kind of food and tradition that the disciples experienced the night Jesus was betrayed and crucified. Each small group will be provided with key elements that are more unique or harder to find (a lamb bone and unl...
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January 24, 2018
by Chris Ritter
| Tags: Chris Ritter, harvest bible chapel, Harvest, Biblical Counseling
When people think of"counseling", there are any number of things that go through their head. Some people mistakenly think ofcounseling like psychotherapy, with someone layingon a big brown leather couch and a doctor with a notepad scribbling thoughts. Others think of being in a room face to face, one on one, with someone who is going to ask them to search their inner child...
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