…trying to become more like Jesus.
According to one personality test,
I am an ENTHUSIAST
(The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Acquisitive, and Scattered)
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I was disturbed to see this video from Barack Obama talking about his intentions regarding the abortion issue…
I learned about this video from http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-and-freedom-of-choice-act.html. Be sure to visit that blog and check out the information there on the Freedom of Choice Act. Morally disturbing.
What’s the real issue?
Apparently, we are facing the [...]
James 1:2-3 gives the standard Christian answer to this question:
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance…
Of course, knowing the Sunday school answer and being okay with it are two different things entirely, but this week, I [...]
I believe in God because the universe needs a creator.
The first reason I have for my own belief in God is that the universe needs a creator.
WARNING: I have a degree in philosophy and some of the concepts I use for my belief in God require the use of some technical terms. Here’s a quick [...]
This last Sunday, a lady in my church gave me a blue card with some questions on it regarding tithing. Since my email to her was rather long-winded, I thought I would share some of those thoughts here.
Deuteronomy 26:2-15 Verse 2 says to take “some” of the firstfruits. [...]
I read this article recently where the author is talking about how to make users of your product or service happy. The basic premise of the article is that you should make the right things easy and the wrong things hard.
A great illustration of this is a three pronged electrical plug. There is only one way that the plug can go [...]
Every year at this time, I begin to think critically about the resurrection of Jesus. Yeah, you heard me right. I said, “critically“. Just because I’m a pastor, that doesn’t mean I accept everything in the Bible without thinking about it too. I’m a thinker, I majored in mathematics and philosophy at Wheaton College, and [...]
This week at my Life Group, we looked at the clearest teaching in the Bible regarding the rapture, and I’ve become even more convicted about one particular position. This post is intended to guide you through the same study we considered this week and to give an inside track on what I’m currently thinking about [...]
As I have spoken with people about the Bible, I find more and more that people aren’t really familiar with the “plot” or the overall story of the Bible. Therefore, I’m going to try to go through the entire story of the Bible in a very brief overview fashion. The challenge is that I don’t [...]
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.—Psalm 62:7
I was reading Psalm 62 this morning for my quiet time, and this verse popped out to me. Reading it sparked a little “wow” moment somewhere inside me.
Everything about this verse is almost cliche to me. Sure, my salvation depends [...]
Colossians 4:5 says this:
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
As a pastor who’s got a blog, I’ve been thinking about how this verse relates to blogging. I’ve been blogging for over a year, and I don’t yet have a “manifesto” like this guy on what [...]
I go to church for one reason to worship my Lord Jesus. (To thank him for what he did for me and all people) It nice to fellowship with others, but the sabbath was made for man not man made for the sabbath as it is in God word. We should ask for forgiveness befor we pray (As it is said in God Word) Keep in mind that why we go to churchto WORSHIP. Thank Jerry O
I think he who has no sin should cast the first stone at Tiger Woods.
In Calvinism “Elect” and “Saved” are the same group of people. There will be “Elect” and “Saved” during the Millennium. So Jeff is probably amillennial (i.e. no millennium) which is dogmatic Catholic view. All the Calvinists I have talked with although disagreeing on the exact timing of the arrival if the Bridegroom for His bride do believe that there will be a Millennium. The fact Israel’s Millennium is a type for Believers’ Glorification is based on the Abrahamic covenant & the Book of Galatians, the heart of my faith! Both Israel’s Millennium & Believers’ Glorification are unconditional and stem from the same covenant, namely Abrahamic covenant. Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Here, God says He will give Israel land from Egypt to Iraq which has not been fulfilled in the past thus has to be in the Millennium. This Covenant is also the foundational to biblical Christianity! Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Galatians 3:24-29 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Why do non-Christians go to church? Perhaps to try to find answers, test the waters, see if they're missing anything. Some may have originally been raised within a particular religion and only go for major holidays as part of a "tradition". Or, maybe they're trying to find someplace where they can fit in, having tried other churches or denominations and feeling or actually being rejected.

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