Posted in Shepherding on Jan 31st, 2008 4 Comments »
“The greatest need in this country today…is preachers, and they’re hard to find…
…I walk into a church and here a preacher say stand up and say ‘I’m going to share from my heart today’, I’ll walk out. I care less what’s in his heart; I don’t want to know what’s in his heart, I want [...]
Posted in The Gospel on Jan 29th, 2008 7 Comments »
My thoughts of late have been centered on the topic of conversion. That is, salvation; the momentous event when a soul is justified. Of course, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ, but specifically, I have been contemplating just how hard -or how easy- this ‘process’ of conversion is.
I am continually [...]
Posted in The Gospel on Jan 26th, 2008 9 Comments »
I saw this video posted over a purgatorio, a Christian satire blog that often has some thought-provoking stuff.
Sadly, conversion predominantly spoken of in this culture has more to do with ‘getting saved’, ’saying ‘yes’ to Jesus’, ‘inviting Jesus into your heart’, etc., than it does the very essence and nature of true conversion from [...]
Posted in Christian Living on Jan 21st, 2008 14 Comments »
“It may be that a certain profession of religion has become so fashionable and comparatively easy in the present age that the streams which were once narrow and deep have become wide and shallow, and what we have gained in outward show we have lost in quality.” – JC Ryle
I don’t think anyone, anyone would [...]
Posted in Church, Shepherding on Jan 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
Let me first begin this post by emphasizing that I personally have nothing against large congregations, per se. Reading through this post might certainly give you the impression that I have something against large churches, but I want to be crystal clear in saying that it is not the size of a church which chiefly [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Worship on Jan 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
The fact that there are many professing Christians around us today who are indeed deceived and who are, in reality, outside of the faith, should be plain and clear to all.
I often ask professing Christians just what it is about them that confirms their profession of faith as real and vibrant. That is, on a [...]
Posted in The Gospel on Jan 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
I came to a shocking and sobering realization the other day: I have personally sinned more in 2007 than in any year of my life.
While observing the festivities that the unbelieving world participated in regarding the New Year, it struck me how they were celebrating the fact that they’ve lived another year, which for many [...]
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