Posts Tagged ‘Emergent’
Making a Difference or Making Disciples?
Jesus Christ did not simply call His followers to go make a difference. He said to go out to preach the Gospel and make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:19-20) The overshadowed drive of church organizations for social agendas of world PEACE plans, hunger drives, helping the needy, etc. only serves at best as a social band-aid, but in the end lead to eternal darkness. Mankind, and sadly much of today’s “Christianity”, has demonstrated an overwhelming desire to join together in godless unity in hopes of turning this fallen world back into the Garden of Eden.
Sadly, it is foolish arrogance that has…
Read MoreEternity is Not a Movie
As a child, I remember watching movies with my parents, often waiting for the moment my dad would call out some part that made no sense to him. “Why would that person really do that?” or “There’s no way that person could still be alive after falling that far!” and other like phrases were regularly interjected into the storyline courtesy of my dad’s critical mind. His comments were not very helpful and definitely became a distraction throughout our family film nights. A loving, but slightly irritated “Shhh…” was a common addition at the end of each remark.
When viewing a movie, it’s hopefully…
Read MoreA Look Behind the Curtain- Targeting Today’s Youth
Sadly, there is a very real spiritual battle that many are too happy to gloss right over. Many Christian parents and teachers earnestly desire to see their children interested in the things of the Lord, but sometimes feel like they don’t have the right tools to keep their interest once children have reached a certain age. So the search begins. It’s at this point that priorities shift in the criteria for resources and church fellowships that are sought after. “We need a church and materials that will hold my child’s interest, ones that he will really like.” Of course this isn’t in and of itself completely bad, but there is definitely more to the story.
If a young teenager has only been…
Read MorePreach the Word!
However you catch a fish is how you’ll have to keep it. If you employ the world’s methods, means, and message to bring in lost souls (and weak believers), then those are the same avenues you’ll be forced to travel in order to keep them coming.
The only difference will be once they’re in, you’ll have to magnify the message in order to keep fed the well-trained, fleshly appetite of your worldly catch.
Read MoreA Palette of Pageantry
Why do we get so excited about the outward business and activity of the visible church yet often have so little thought or joy concerning the Lord’s eternal work within the inner man?
In the unseen heart and mind the Lord continues transforming and renewing the broken and weak into His victorious and sanctified saints. He mysteriously and gloriously plants…
Read MoreGungor’s Contemplative Professions – 2010
“I recently had the best meal of my life, an eight-course Japanese/sushi thing…and just the balance of the plates they’d bring and how they handled each of the flavors after the next to build to something, it was amazing.” “That’s how I wanted to approach this record. To have a palate cleanser when its needed,…
Read MoreSincerity vs Truth Part Two
(This article has been put together from different portions of “The Second Greatest Lie Ever Told” By Mark Cahill) After assessing the works of religious groups previously, lets now see some quotes from some famous people on why the topic is so important: Barack Obama said in an interview with Cathleen Falsani, “I believe there…
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