Just a reminder
Category: Musings
Prayer for Outreach
Often when I consider the need to reach out to the world around me and my own lack of active outreach I can rationalize that it is because I don’t have the “gift of evangelist.” I would consider Paul the prototypical evangelist–bold, fearless, eloquent, brilliant and knowledgeable. When it comes to outreach I am all …
Quotes about the Church and Culture (Part 3)
How should the church relate to culture (see previous posts 1, 2)? How should we teach our children to engage society (see previous posts 1, 2)? G. K. Chesterton is often quoted as say, “We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that …
Praying Scripture (part 2)
I had the privilege Sunday night to hear Pastor Eric Crichton share on praying scripture. Pastor Crichton was the second pastor of Calvary Church and continues to serve and attend Calvary. Example Not only was what he shared wonderful (more below) but what really struck and impacted me was his example. He was so excited …
Praying Scripture (part 1)
I’ve been involved in teaching and organizing a series entitles, Praying Scripture or Using Scripture in personal prayer. Praying Scripture is the use of Scripture, God’s Word to stimulate praying either through making the very words of Scripture ours, or by agreeing wholeheartedly with the thoughts. This can be divided into two parts: Praying Scripture–using …
His Mercies are New Every Morning
Amazing grace. Unmerited mercy. It truly is amazing that God’s grace and mercy don’t have limits. Can you imaging what it would be like if God only had a set amount of grace? And what a weight of despair or hopelessness would overcome you if God’s mercy was only given out on certain days or …
The Ultimate Gift
I rarely recommend a movie–everyone’s tastes are different and there are not that many movies worth recommending. But . . . I would like to recommend the movie, The Ultimate Gift, based on the novel by the same name written by Jim Stovall. I don’t want to “blow the ending” but the story is about …