I was just reading The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne, and there is some pretty neat stuff in there…but… Sometimes I wonder how much the movements we get into are just weird. Right now this whole environmental thing is sweeping through the church. That’s fine, but I don’t see environmental stuff in Matthew 5-7. Running…
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Divorce is Too Convenient, originally uploaded by sullyflickr. I saw this at the Office Depot. It’s horrible. Divorce should not be made easy.
I came across this and man, does it provoke or what? I don’t know about anything else on this site, so be careful, but this post was really good.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where theives break in and steal.” Matthew 6.19 NIV Moths and rust both work the same way: SLOWLY. You have to let something sit unattended for a LONG time for rust and moths to destroy it. Stored up stuff, accumulated…
When inviting someone to church is considered a form of evangelism [proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God], we are woefully off target.
“When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites carried them up, and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about…
“The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life‚Äôs worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.” (Luke 8:14 NIV) I just read this and thought about how much time I spent this morning during my “quiet time” looking on…
Good quote about christians in the world from The So-called Letter to Diognetus on CCEL.org To put it simply: What the soul is in the body, that Christians are in the world. The soul is dispersed through all the members of the body, and Christians are scattered through all the cities of the world. The…
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in…
‚ÄúTo all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless.‚Äù (Psa 119:96 NIV) There are so many times that I think up what would be the perfect thing and I pray for that. Often times very specifically. When I was looking for a job 2 jobs ago, I drove past the ad agency…
