Tag Archives: church

28 Dec, 2009

Global-lukewarming

Lukewarmness is that curdled milk left out on the table all day. I’ll take ice cold milk, or a hot-milk-chocolate drink anytime but you can keep the lukewarm milk. Yuck.
I often wonder about where lukewarmness in the Church comes from or how it becomes so. It may as well be for a multitude of reasons, [...]

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09 Nov, 2009

The Foundation of Church

“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. [...]

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18 Aug, 2009

Building on a Solid Rock

You have not had to approach things which your senses could experience as they did in the old days – flaming fire, black darkness, rushing wind and out of it a trumpet-blast, a voice speaking human words. So terrible was that voice that those who heard it begged and prayed that it might stop [...]

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03 Aug, 2009

A Church Planted by Jesus

By definition, for all practical intents and purposes, a church is an assembly of saints. Paul writes, “Greet also the church in thier house.” (Romans 16:5)
We know that Jesus taught and led followers. But did he ever plant a church during his time on earth?
In Luke 22 and Matthew 26 we read an account where [...]

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15 Jul, 2009

Church Reproof #11

11. Strive for unity
America was never a cultural ‘melting pot’ but rather more of a ’salad bowl’. What is interesting is the the lack of mixing among Christians coming from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. It’s actually harder to be a congregation of diverse cultures than it is to be a congregation of just one [...]

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30 Nov, 2008

Church Reproof #10

10. Wait and keep watch together.

Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. (Psalm 33:20)
Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples. I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. (Isaiah 8:16-17)
“So, could you [...]

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06 Sep, 2008

Church Reproof #9

9. Know who you are as a body of believers.
“Do you not know that you all are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you all? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you all are that temple.” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
“I betrothed you to one husband, [...]

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12 Aug, 2008

Church Reproof #8

8. Try being sober-minded and focused if you want God to show up.

“…and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” (Ephesians 5:4 NASB)
“The key-note of your conversation should not be nastiness or silliness or flippancy, but a sense of all that we [...]

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02 Aug, 2008

Crisis intervention

As I have been flipping through page after page of many different kinds of churches I have i’ve taken note of some of the types of ministries that they engage in or focus on. A few have caught my eye that have devoted much of the ministry energy to such things as crisis intervention, disaster [...]

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01 Aug, 2008

Church Reproof #7

7. Dont give to Ceasar’s what doesn’t belong to Ceasar.
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Mark 12:17)
The Church is a precious jewel, a royal diadem which belongs wholly to its builder, Christ. To give away the church, the bride, to the world, is truly adulterous [...]

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