The Barna Group found that 68% of unbelievers would describe Christians as boring. I can’t handle that statistic. Jesus was many things, but boring was not one of them. Boring people don’t have five thousand followers flocking to hear their boring message Boring people don’t get approached at weddings to make the party better Boring […]
From: Stand Firm – Faith Among the Ruins …. www.standfirminfaith.com The Martyrs and Missiological Damage by Matt Kennedy | Dec 18, 2019 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, LGBTQIetc, Theological Liberalism It is no secret that the Church of England is in trouble. Several years ago, I likened the contemporary English Church to the Episcopal Church […]
We have mentioned “margin” in this short series of blogs. We can only truly give from margin. Financially,. Emotionally. Vocationally. Purposely living below our means and not buying everything the world says we need – and maybe saying no to an extra cqar, or a bigger house – leaves margin in our finances. It leaves […]
As a believer we need to realize that “time” is not a renewable resource or a replaceable asset. It cannot be bought, rolled over, transferred, or cashed in. It can only be stewarded or wasted. And by “wasted,” I don’t mean being lazy. I mean the opposite: wasting time by being busy and over scheduled. […]
“Hurry is violence to the soul.” That is a good phrase or slogan to remember in 2020. And to remove “hurry,” as we saw last time (Part One), we need to learn how to say that little but powerful word “no.” For most of us our default answer to requests is an automatic “yes.” We […]
Well, it is into the middle of the first month of the new year 2020. And, we are all busy back at our regular routines. Christmas – both the western version and the eastern Orthodox version – are over and done with for another year. And, New Year’s celebrations have become a vague memory. We […]
CHRISTMAS TODAY: It is great to be out and about and be able to say “Merry Christmas” to everyone we meet It is still an acceptable greeting – so far! It can be said to both those we know and those we are standing in line with at the Post Office or check-out counter of […]
Well, Christmas and New Year’s Eve have come and gone. They are often noisy events. More noise on top of what is already a noisy existence in our world. Have you noticed? It is noisy out there in the world – in restaurants, stores, shopping malls, theatres, everywhere. And, it is noisy in our homes […]
Well, it is into the middle of the first month of the new year 2020. And, we are all busy back at our regular routines. Christmas – both the western version and the eastern Orthodox version – are over and done with for another year. And, New Year’s celebrations have become a vague memory. We […]
We have entered a new year – 2020 And, we have also entered a new decade – 2020 to 2030 God has been very active bringing us to this point In our personal lives In our corporate life as a local church In the worldwide Church as the Kingdom continues to expand He has been […]