Ever since I was little, I've always wanted to know how things worked - what makes them tick? I see this in my middle son, Jonathan, who can't help asking you a million questions about everything and taking anything electronic and dismantling it to see how it works and if he can build something else out of the all the parts. In life we intuitively want answers to all our questions. I find this carries [...]
Here's your chance! Say what ever you want on the subject of church and a relationship with Jesus. Leave your raw and uncensored comments. A few questions I'm interested in but not limited to: What are you looking for in a church? What do you struggle with in church? What should the church be doing? What are you struggling with in your relationship with Jesus? If you could change something about church, what would that be? [...]
Along with this current series "So you don't want to go to church anymore", I will be inserting some others thoughts on the subject so we can see how God is moving on the hearts of people in other places. When we talk about the church, we need to begin to see how God is speaking to the church universal, not just our local congregation. God is moving in His body and it's encouraging to [...]
You may remember the old Michael W. Smith song "Friends are friends forever." It would be nice if the title were true. But maybe it is. Real friends are friends forever. And maybe those that are not forever are not friends. My wife's 20th High School Reunion began last night. We had an awesome time out on the beach with old classmates til 2 am. She was 1 of 15 in a small graduating class [...]
"Christ's love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do. Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own. Because of this [...]