Weekend Musings From Gordon T. Bakan: Why Memorize Scripture? Memorizing God’s Word Brings Blessing (Ps. 119: 1-2) Memorizing God’s Word Keeps Us from Sin (Ps. 119:11) Memorizing God’s Word Gives us a Ready Defense Against False Teaching and Skepticism (Ps. 119:41-48) Memorizing God’s Word Gives us Guidance for Daily Life (Ps. 119:105)
In a post sometime back I made the statement that American Christians are often more American than Christian. It seemed completely obvious and still does. American Christians are in love with their wealth and styles, often times, more than they are of Christ. We parrot American values rather than biblical values and we split churches … More American Christians are More American than Christian Revisited
Weekend Musings As I dig out from under a pile of relocation paperwork I ran across this quote from 2006. “If Christians had given a 10 percent tithe to their churches in 2004, instead of the actual 2.56 percent, there would have been an extra $164 billion. And if churches spent $70-80 billion of that … More If Christians were More Christian
Weekend Reading When you are on a mission, you know it. Even Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi knew that (see Blue’s Brothers Movie)! Some quotes from Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer’s new book, Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations. “We are supposed to see transformation, but too often we see stagnation.” (p.2) “We can choose … More The Stagnation or Transformation of a Community?
Update: if you want to send notes of encouragement to Japanese children or rescue workers in Japan go to hopeletters.wordpress.com. The events in Japan are so horrific and sad I am having difficulty even thinking let alone praying. I have, my daughter has, my former church (New Song) has so many Japanese friends and we have come … More Japan Needs You to be on Your Knees for Them
Weekend Musings “Never forget: There is much more in Christ than we have ever imagined. And there is infinitely more to Him that we have yet to know or touch. We can never exhaust Him. Christ is so large that no search party in the universe can explore an iota of His infinite depths. What … More The Immensity of Christ
“Anyone can sue anyone else, even God.” —Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers on why he filed a lawsuit against God (http://richarddawkins.net/articles/3241) My question: Shouldn’t we be able to get more intelligent people than this to represent us in our government?
Musing and Quotes from My Weekend Reading On How Sin Warps Our Emotions “Bent creatures are full of fears.” –C.S. Lewis (Out of the Silent Planet, 122) On the Need for both Discontentment and Contentment in the Christian Life “The biblical summons of Christian disciples to a lifestyle of contentment in Christ does not mean … More On How Sin Warps Our Emotions and Other Issues.
Randy Alcorn had a great quote on his blog yesterday from C.S. Lewis on the vulnerability of love. I’ve got nothing to add except that I want to encourage you to not think of its application with regard to romance but in relationship with your neighbors and those to whom God is calling you to … More Loving Your Neighbor is Impossible without a Willingness to Risk
Weekend Musings Yesterday was Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s birthday. For many years I have made it a habit to try to read Life Together once a year. Bonhoeffer is a hero. He is not a hero because of his theological orthodoxy–he wasn’t completely orthodox in all areas. He is hero because he stood for truth and Christ … More In Honor of Bonhoeffer’s Birthday
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