Today’s guest post comes to us courtesy of Jessica McMann. Learn more about Jessica at the end of this post. George Fox University, the largest Christian college in Oregon When people think of religion and going to church, they likely… Read More ›
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How Is It That There Are Divisions In The Church? The Answer Is Simple!
How can it be that there are divisions in The Church? And when I refer to The Church here, I speak of the Universal Church, The Body Of Christ. Well, I was reading John 17 today, “The High Priestly Prayer”… Read More ›
Blessed Are The…
Sermon on the Mount painted by Ivan Makarov 1889 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit… Read More ›
Our First Line of Defense
by Neil Anderson September 2 OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE Ecclesiastes 8:5, 6 NIV The wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter I had dear… Read More ›
The Struggle in Today’s Church
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) How would you like your eggs today, over-easy, scrambled, fried, sunny-side up, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, poached, or shirred?? How about your steak; rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, or well done?? Choice of potatoes? This sounds like questions… Read More ›
Church Religion STINKS!
I am currently 53% into reading the Bible in a year. I love reading Gods word, soaking up the history and the stories of great men and women of faith! Not that it has been easy to read it every… Read More ›
Embracing My BaptiCalviMethoCostalism
I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church. In adulthood I adopted a more Reformed approach to Theology. Right after college I married a beautiful charismatic girl named Jessica Lee. We currently attend a United Methodist fellowship together as a… Read More ›
Why Church, Inc. is a Bad Idea
Is the church an incorporated business with the pastor as the CEO? That is pretty much the model many churches gravitate towards. In some there is a board which, along with the pastor, controls the church. Churches vary in the… Read More ›
Rediscover the Church
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 Rediscover the Church —1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all… Read More ›
Rediscover the Church
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 Rediscover the Church If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified… Read More ›
Gauging Your Church’s Temperature
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in Life Together, talks about looking at our churches through critical lenses: If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable… Read More ›