This past Sunday we had an “Ask a Pastor” session. It was quite an enjoyable morning, but there were way more questions asked than we could answer in the time we had allotted to us. So, many of the questions and answers will eventually be on the main church website, but I thought I’d put [...]
Guest post by Carmen Bellamy.
Individual Judgment versus Communal Judgment
In ancient Jewish thinking, the lamp stand was a symbol for the presence of God. In the book of Revelation, the choice facing the church is: Will God remove his presence from the church (by removing the lampstand) or will God imbue the church with life through [...]
Theologian Thomas Oden once said something to the effect that as our culture becomes one of COMFORT our feelings becomes GOD’S VOICE.
In effect he is saying that we have become so acclimatized to comfort that it will be hard to believe that God would place us in a situation like he did to JOB.
Jeremiah 29:11 [...]
How can I make my Prayers count?
Are My Prayers selfish?
Prayer is all about transformation not about things. Prayer is about character not about desires. Prayer is about being not doing.
2 Peter 1:3,4 “His divine power has given (past tense) us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge (intimacy) of Him who called [...]
Phil 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. NIV
Page 10, Section 6 One day Abba Arsenius consulted an old Egyptian monk about his own thoughts. Someone noticed this and said to him, ‘Abba Arsenius, how is it that you with such a good Latin [...]
