I am currently teaching a series called ReThink Church which I am recapping on this blog with a few extra thoughts. This second teaching will be broken into several parts so the post won't be so long and allowing me not to rush through it. If you haven't read Pt.I, take the time to read it first. It lays the foundation that informs all the rest of this series. Having looked at what the church is, [...]
"Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them..." Romans 12:6 I have spent the last 2 years on a personal spiritual journey that has brought me to re-examine everything in my life. I have read countless books and searched the scriptures. I have allowed God to search me, correct me, shape me and lead me. Much of what I hear from our post-modern spiritual and cultural experts, [...]
"Outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10 ESV In I Corinthians 12:22-27 it tells us that God places the members of the body where He desires and bestows greater honor on those who lack it so that there is no division in the body and that we can have the same care for one another. If one member is honored we all get to rejoice together as well as if one suffers, we all [...]
If you remember learning about icebergs in Elementary or Middle School you know that what you see sticking out of the water is only a small fraction of the whole thing. Over the last 2 years I have walked through a major change in ministry. God began some things in the church I serve that have caused me to take a fresh and new look at my faith, my theology, my walk, and my views [...]
Church: Have we just become consumers of religious goods and services or are we actively participating in the life and ways of Jesus. For some the content of their spirituality is as intimate, brief and personally vulnerable as a trip through the McDonald's Drive Thru. However, if you paid for the meal of the next person behind you in line it might be more like what Jesus might do than all the sermons and worship experiences we have consumed. Ask [...]
