Good morning. The Lord be with you today. Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians. I hope you enjoy your day off… Does Your Church Value Seniors? “Several years ago I was driving down a major street of our city and saw a sign about a new church. I looked at the phone number and memorized it. A few days later I called the number and spoke with the pastor about the church. I did not tell him anything about …
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God tells us to love one another–to love others in much the way we so naturally love ourselves. Yet each of us must admit we have failed to do so. In this corporate prayer of confession, prayed recently at Grace Fellowship Church, we confess that lack of love. Leader: O God of Love, We have not loved our enemies. (Matthew 5:44) We have not prayed for those who persecute us. (Matthew 5:44) We have not fed them when they were …
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May God bless and keep you as you serve him and worship him this weekend. (Yesterday on the blog: Brave by Faith) Love People, Not the Idea of People There’s an important distinction to be made between loving actual people and loving the idea of people. An Essential Part of Planning Your Preaching H.B. Charles advocates planning your preaching and offers a good reason to do so. “There are multiple benefits to developing a preaching plan. It saves time. It …
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This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Baker Books . They are giving away three sets of Gregg R. Allison’s books Embodied and 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith. Embodied by Gregg R. Allison With Scripture as his guide, theologian Gregg Allison presents a holistic theology of the human body from conception through eternity to equip us to address pressing contemporary issues related to our bodies, including how we express our sexuality, whether gender is inherent or constructed, the meaning of suffering, body …
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There is no doubt that the times are changing, no doubt that Western society is undergoing a great transformation in which those who hold to the Christian faith, or those who even respect it, are becoming a bare minority. Countries like the UK, Australia, and Canada are already quite far along in this process and, while the US has been insulated for a little bit longer, it is now clearly heading in the same direction. Secularism and modern forms of …
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