Friday is for Musing The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) is about going not inviting. I guess that is all the reason we need. See: They are Outside the Castle: a modern parable
Friday is for Thinking There are times when the prayers we utter challenge our Christian life. We start praying, we start down a path in prayer and suddenly a number of things happen: our prayers become saturated with a biblical text, the Spirit then brings another text or thought to mind and suddenly we understand the … More When Our Prayers Raise Questions for Our Souls
Tuesday is for Thinking Athletes are different. Exercise, strenuous exercise is a driving passion in their lives. They love it. And whether they are elite athletes being paid high sums of money or weekend competitors trying to stay active there are certain things that “they get.” Exercise, strenuous exercise is a driving passion in their … More Five Things Athletes Know that Christians Don’t
Friday Musings Psalm 102:1–7 (ESV) A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; . let my cry come to you! 2 Do not hide your face from me . in the day of my distress! . … More Why Doesn’t God Make it Easy?
Friday Musings Harvest time is just around the corner in these parts. In more ways than one. The ministry and budget year draws to a close at our church and many churches around the country. A new school year and a new ministry year approaches, peaking over the horizon in just a few weeks. Who … More Have You thought of Yourself as a Letter from God?
Friday is for Heart Songs “What happens in a world that has abandoned its hope for heaven and has substituted dreams and longings that lodge themselves in a world without heaven? What happens, in a word, when a strong transcendent purpose no longer operates upon human lives and human societies? What powers are invoked, and … More Riding a Conveyor Belt to Hell*
Friday Thoughts Are there any reasons when the release of a pastor and the starting of a new church “down the street”, “around the corner” or “in the next town over” is not a good idea? (I’m interested in a theological and theoretical discussion not a list of church names and pastors who you disagree … More Non-Compete Agreements and the Kingdom of God
Weekend Links 10 more days till my wife returns from her visit to West Virginia and her mom. Can’t wait to see her. In the meantime, I’m getting a lot of reading done. Here’s the links for your weekend education and amusement. Doctrine Defining Inerrancy (Book Review by Daniel Wallace. Worthy short treatment of some of … More Mollycuddled American Kids; American POW; Short Term Missionaries; Pastor’s Wives Talk; Transgenderism;
Friday Afternoon Musings “The task of the church, . . . and the task of the leader in the church, is to make this other world credible; to make it possible to men to believe that this world as it is, is not the last word; to keep constantly alight in men’s hearts the flame of … More Heaven is More Real than Earth
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