It seems like a weird, even dumb, question. How come so many Christians don’t really know God? It’s a very important question with a very disturbing answer. It’s all too easy for Christians to not know God! The headline shocked me. 51% of Churchgoers Don’t Know of the Great Commission, according to a Barna survey. I also found it very disappointing. Depressing even.
How come so many Christians don’t really know God? More
I thought our theme for life was “I want it, I want it all, and I want it now”. So why do we settle for so much less than what we could have?
Maybe the most surprising thing is that I am talking about Christians.
Why do we settle for less when we could have more?
Including / especially Christians More
Do you ever practice living a Christian life of faith? Huh? Practice? What’s to practice? Doesn’t the Holy Spirit just kind of come in and take over? Why do I need to practice anything? I’m too busy practicing for my career to worry about this kind of thing!
Who wrote Genesis? Does it really matter who wrote Genesis? If you’re not Jewish or Christian, maybe not to you. But if you are, it matters a whole lot.
Who wrote Genesis? Why it matters what you think.
Wasn't it Moses? More
When you read “fear of the Lord” or “fear the Lord”, what do you think of? Being afraid? Scared half to death? Or maybe just a bit nervous? Or something else? What does Fear of the Lord really mean?
What does Fear of the Lord really mean?
Is it really "be afraid"? More
I love God. And God is love. And since I love God, I’m saved. So, do I still have to follow His rules? Maybe, maybe not. But may not for the reasons you think.
If I love God must I follow His rules? More
What’s Missing in Your Life? I imagine that’s a question many people ask. More than once. But how often do we give ourselves a good answer?
What’s Missing in Your Life? More
It’s Monday of radiation treatment week seven. I can see the finish line. Nine more sessions to go. And yet, it feels like that makes it harder. I think it’s called impatience.
Radiation treatment week seven – I can see the finish line More
We move on to the seventh and final letter in Revelation. The end of the road, as far as the delivery of the Revelation given to John along the path of these seven churches. This time the letter is to the lukewarm church in Laodicea. Jesus has no good things to say to this church. Therefore, the examination will obviously be about what’s going wrong here. What did they do, or not do? How might they have achieved no good news from Jesus? And what can we learn for us today, both for our churches and for us as individuals?
The letter to the lukewarm church in Laodicea – Revelation More
We move on to the third of the seven letters in Revelation. This time the letter to the compromising church in Pergamum – also called Pergamos in some translations. Jesus has good things to say about the church in Pergamum. And some things that aren’t good. Given the warnings though, it seems like more bad news than good. We’ll see if that’s the case. Just how bad is the compromising?
The letter to the compromising church in Pergamum in Revelation More
