Entries from December 2007

December 29, 2007

Winter Advance: “What We’re Living For”

The Kingdom is coming…are you ready?
I was so thankful to be with all of you for this wonderful weekend.  As I was driving home the importance of staying connected with each other was impressed upon my heart and mind. We need each other.  Many of us have gone home, not to churches and fellowships only [...]

December 12, 2007

Salvation - Direction or Line

I’ve always been curious about the topic of salvation and how a lot of people see it. As far as I can tell, there seem to be two camps; (1) salvation is treated as a line, or (2) salvation is treated as a direction. The “Line” camp says once you’re over the line, [...]

December 11, 2007

Churches Beef Up Security

MSNBC Article - Churches Beef Up Security
In light of the recent church shootings in Colorado, the discussion has been raised concerning whether or not churches should have armed security to patrol Sunday services.  The armed woman in the Colorado church this week was able to shoot and deter the gunman from killing more churchgoers, yet [...]

December 10, 2007

Book Review: Mere Christianity

First off, let me say that this is a tremendous book. It attempts to do something very amazing, and in many respects it succeeds. I recommend that all Christians read this book, and I assume that many of you already have. With that said, I do have a large reservation that troubles [...]

December 7, 2007

Evangelism: Not my job?

If you are a parent, worker, or anyone who deals with authority, I am confident that you have heard at one time or another the following: “It’s not MY job!” People are quick to let others know that they are not responsible for any work that is not clearly defined in their job description. Granted, [...]

December 6, 2007

“Jesus is my boyfriend”

Received this excellent article in an email.  I believe it is from Todd Friel of Way of the Master Radio and was posted at the Christian Worldview Network.
Over thirty years ago, the great philosopher Paul McCartney asked, “What’s wrong with silly love songs?”
Having given this over three decades of serious consideration (OK, at least several [...]

December 4, 2007

A Challenge For Pastors - Paul Washer

What stops us from speaking truth?
Is there wisdom in holding back needed information because of timing elements?
Challening words from Brother Paul.  Any thoughts?

December 3, 2007

Christianity and Christmas

 
The Holiday season has snuck up on us again.  A time of year when… well you know.  This was a popular video last year that made the rounds in our circles and since we are creatures who tend to forget, I thought it might warrant re-viewing.  It sums up the origins of many of the [...]

December 1, 2007

Book Review: The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism

The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism by David Daube

This is a very detailed, and very long book which took me some time to get through. I’ve even post-poned doing this review until now because of how long I’d been reading this book. It was certainly worth the read, though I would not recommend [...]