This post will turn four years old in August but it is perhaps more relevant today than when I first wrote it and just as challenging to the way we live and need to live in our age. To read the post: The Apostle Paul is Flinchless.
Recent events in Egypt are no doubt increasing these numbers. “An average of 100 Christians around the world are killed each month for their faith while believers are persecuted in at least 60 countries. Christians are the most persecuted religious group worldwide.” 2013 Quick Facts from http://www.OpenDoorsUSA.org See http://www.persecution.org/ for current data on the persecution of Christians … More Persecution of Christians Increasing Worldwide
Weekend Musings “The church can preach salvation and nurture the saved, but it cannot save. The church can preach, exhort, rebuke, and admonish against sin, it can proclaim the forgiveness of sin and it can give theological definition to sin, but the church cannot atone for sin.” —R.C. Sproul Who is Jesus? (Crucial Questions Series) … More What the Church Can and Can’t Do
Wednesday is for Prayer “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergyman or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.” —-John Wesley Here’s a thought: Have … More Shaking the Gates of Hell
Updated and reposted 4/17/13 The following is from Kairos Journal. Two of the examples are from Australia and England but don’t let that fool you. These issues are on the doorstep of our own politically correct culture. Just heard today that New Zealand became the thirteenth country to legalize same-sex marriage. My friend Justin Kuek … More Drifting Toward Insanity, Tyranny, and Destruction: The USA
Maybe one of the biggest needs in the church today. I saw an appalling video on YouTube yesterday titled “Worst Worship Ever”. I don’t even want to include a link to it. Literally, it made me sick to my stomach just watching about a minute of it. God save us from the idolatry of happiness … More Combating “Happy Talk” in Our Churches
Sunday Musings This afternoon, I was reading New York Times best seller Dinesh D’Souza’s What’s So Great about Christianity, and ran across this thought provoking paragraph on page 71: “In ancient Greece and Rome, human life had very little value. The Spartans left weak children to die on the hillside. Infanticide was common, as it … More Christianity is the Best Thing that Ever Happened to the World
Quotes from My Weekend Reading One of the great small books of the last century. Not every thing in it is orthodox, and certainly not everything is of equal value, but for sheer weight of thoughtfulness on the implications of the gospel related to the issue of Christian community, Bonhoeffer is consistently challenging and helpful. … More Does Christian Community Exist?
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