Internet Monk has a thought provoking post about The Missing Voice of the Christian Counter-Culture. Here’s an excerpt: Now as I’ve said before, I’m encouraged by how many contemporary artists and authors are personally involved in ministries of mercy and issues of compassion and significance. These are a generation of artists who are busy supporting [...]
Think Christian published an interesting post today about the Kuduk bible translation entitled Does your Bible offend you? According to reports, this translation so offended the people of the Indian province of Jharkhand that people were rioting in the streets, debating it hotly in the political assembly… Have we desensitized ourselves to the radical nature [...]
In this video, John Piper gives encouragement to those who may never serve more than 100 people through their ministries: Our work is faithfulness, God takes care of the fruitfulness HT: Going to Seminary
Since George and I have only been at a Vineyard Church for about a year, I’ve been doing some investigation into the history of the movement. We attended the Great Lakes Region Conference and really enjoyed it. I like the centered set philosophy of the Vineyard, and that they are committed to empowering women in [...]
The real issue here is not if pride exists in your heart; it’s where pride exists and how pride is being expressed in your life. Scripture shows us that pride is strongly and dangerously rooted in our lives, far more than most of us care to admit or even think about. — C.J. Mahaney, Humility Prior [...]
A very cool spoken word piece, worth your 3:03! HT:(John Ried)
“God’s ultimate goal in giving us biblical revelation is not punitive. He desires that His word equip us for His service. Its message brings us reconciliation through the work of Christ. Its probing exposes our need for a reconciled relationship with Him. And then His Word gives us the tools we need to actually experience [...]
Paul wrote to Timothy, ‘Do not neglect your gift’ (1 Tim 4:14) and ‘fan into flame the gift of God (2 Tim 1:6). A spiritual gift is ‘fanned into flame’ when it is exercised or used. To let it lie dormant or unused signals a shortcoming in good stewardship. — Roy B. Zuck, The Christian Educators [...]
Quotes to chew on from Augustine’s On Christian Teaching: So it seems to me that the following advice is beneficial for young people who are keen and intelligent, who fear God and seek a life of true happiness. Do not venture without due care into any branches of learning outside the church of Christ, as [...]
Check these out, they are VERY funny – some of the best ones are in the comments. Courtesy of Stuff Christians Like.
