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TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY
I have been stuck on the phrase “to the praise of His glory” from Ephesians 1 today. As I think about us as believers and as a church, are we living in such a way that could be summarized as that? My prayer for us all, for churches across America this year is that no matter what may face us, that we would be the hands and feet of Christ, imitators of God, salt and light, that we might bring…
ARE WE BECOMING SPIRITUAL NONES?
There is a growing population of what is now termed the “spiritual nones.” They are individuals who see Christianity in particular as harmful, as helpful but not a part of it, or are unaffiliated believers. I wonder though if there are more spiritual nones than the survey takes into account. We are suffering a “spiritual plight” in America where Christians are more and more identifying with the world than the Lord & Savior who bought them with his precious blood.…
A SIX LETTER WORD (COLOSSIANS 3)
There’s a word that very few of actually like – CHANGE. We’ve experienced a lot of it though in the past few months. And the reality is that the Christian life is all about change. We are changing into the image of Christ day by day as we are yielded to the Spirit and purposeful in pursuing after Christ and imitating him in every possible way. Colossians 3 NET
SHOWING MERCY
As I am studying the book of Jonah presently for a school paper, I was hit with some thoughts on Jonah 4 as I was doing research today. God is quick to show mercy to the sailors, to Jonah, and to the Ninevites, but Jonah gets angry with God for showing mercy to the latter. Do we who’ve been shown so much mercy think it should be withheld from others? That’s the discussion today as we look at the book…