Sharing others’ ideas that made me think…
I walked down the street the other day, and as I passed people, I thought, “I owe you.” I am in debt to every person I meet, and so are you. It’s a debt that we owe vertically, but the payment is made horizontally as we share the gospel with others.
The Politics of Gay Marriage (Citizens of heaven)
American Christians are under the delusion that our savior is the government. Why would I say such a thing? Because we things go badly, we want to fix it via the government. We want to elect the right representatives and president. We want the right court decisions issued. And if we could just get a filibuster-proof Senate and our preferred presidential candidate, our problems would be solved. And this is pagan, godless thinking.
Is Your Church a Safe Place For People With Same Sex Attraction?
So, what would change if we assumed some of our members or guests experienced SSA? I believe one of the first things that would change is that our motivation to learn about homosexuality would change from polemical and political to pastoral and personal. We would want to be able to get to know a person more effectively rather than make a point more persuasively.
Keeping the Faith in A Faithless Age: the Church as a Moral Minority
Whatever the issue, the church must speak as the church-that is, as the community of fallen but redeemed, who stand under divine authority. The concern of the church is not to know its own mind, but to know and follow the mind of God. The church’s convictions must not emerge from the ashes of our own fallen wisdom, but from the authoritative Word of God which reveals the wisdom of God and His commands.
No, I Don’t Drink. Yes, I Know How To Have Fun.
Growing up in a generation that established binge drinking as a main weekend pastime, being sober has always made me the odd one out. My reasons not to drink are simple: The idea of drinking never appealed to me; I could never stand the taste of alcohol; and I never felt like I needed an extra boost to have fun — or make stupid decisions. Also, coming from someone who finds pleasure in having everything under control, the idea of not being 100 percent in control of myself is more my definition of a nightmare than having fun.
Illumination and the Study of Scripture
To put it succinctly: in inspiration God the Holy Spirit used the writers of Scripture in order to reveal God’s truth; in illumination God the Holy Spirit enlivens the minds of the readers of Scripture today to understand what God has put there.
Should Moms Make Time for a Sabbath?
Listed below are reasons why I think practicing a lifestyle that leaves room for a personal sabbath is good for the Christian wife and mom. These things have helped restore the peace in my heart and in my home when I set aside the guilt for needing rest that Satan kept me trapped in. I hope you find rest in these reasons as well.
So I don’t know if we’re just stubborn …
Or think we know more than God …
Or we’re at the mercy of the influence of sin in our hearts …
Or we’re just going to keep re-defining sin until it isn’t sin any longer…
Or we’re helpless in our pain and searching…
Or we just resist God even though we know we should yield.
Whatever it is that keeps us going down the paths that hurt … I think the only way back to God’s path is to listen well.
Sheep Tragi-Comedy #1,317: “The Draad Kruiper”
Here are a few ways that we might be like the Draad Kruiper:
- Professing Jesus Christ but failing to plug into a NT kind of local church.
- Irregular or infrequent participation in corporate worship.
- Resistance to meaningful local church membership.
- Unrepentant complaining about our local churches.
- Refusal to humbly serve in ways that the elders in the church have asked.
This Library Provides Social Services to Homeless Patrons
As recently reported by My Modern Met, the SFPL has been providing life-changing services to homeless people for the past seven years. In 2009, the library teamed up with the San Francisco Department of Public Health in an effort to better handle their homeless patrons, who make up 15 percent of their daily visitors. Since then, around 800 homeless people have taken advantage of the library’s social services and close to 150 have moved into stable living situations.
Thank you for the link Tim!