Aug 27, 2010
Personal Bible study, prayer and community? Huh…
Posted by Evan Whitman in Community | Comments (47)
Recently I had an awesome and inspiring conversation with a fellow brother who, as of late, hasn’t been attending Sunday morning gatherings or engaging in community whatsoever. I asked him how things were going, and he informed me that times have been tough. His family is experiencing serious health problems; there are tensions in his marriage and self confessed “my spiritual life is in the toilet”. I asked him, what are you doing about it? After minutes of conversation he told me that he hadn’t been reading or praying much lately and told me he knows he needs to start…Read More...
Aug 25, 2010
I Pity the Fool!
Posted by Michael Howarth in Gospel Living | Comments (4)
The book of proverbs has a lot to say that is practical and applicable to everyday life. Some even read it daily, there are 31 chapters so it fits well to read a chapter per day monthly. Proverbs is a book full of little sayings of wisdom: some are funny, some confusing, some are sobering, and all of them are good. There are a number of topics that are repeated throughout the book but one of the main themes in Proverbs is the contrast between the foolish and the wise, the proud and the humble. Look at chapter 26:3-12, read the whole…Read More...
Aug 25, 2010
Community: Is Attendance on Sunday Enough?
Posted by Mitch Sliwa in Gospel Living - Gospel Identity | Comments (8)
Fundamentalism Breeds Self Righteousness When I first became a christian and got serious about my faith, I did so in a pretty Fundamentalist setting. I was taught that if I didn't "show up when the doors were opened" that I was a sub par christian. I started looking around on Wed's night prayer meetings and Bible study nights to see who was there. I began to get very self righteous very quickly as I noticed that many people who were there on Sunday were not there at other events. I came up with the acronym SMO which was…Read More...
Aug 24, 2010
Imago Dei and The Fall
Posted by Joe Paravisini in Stories | Comments (2)
One puzzle that I find intriguing is the idea of good and evil within humanity. For many of us, we tend to spend most of our lives focusing more on the good within ourselves and our camps, and the evil of certain other camps. Questions such as "how could anyone do that" are a common response to atrocities seen and heard around the world. A Real And Unrelenting Death When faced with images of the child soldiers of Uganda, the world sex trade, genocide, rape, torture and exploitation, we are forced to come to terms with a real and present…Read More...
