The “death of the text” is evident in the resistance to biblical preaching in many churches. Postmodern ears no longer want to hear the “thus saith the Lord” of the biblical text. Since truth is made, and not found, we can design our own personal religion or spirituality–and leave out inconvenient doctrines and moral commands. [...]
I have always found in my limited experience that those who stay quiet have something to hide. Of course the scripture says the person who says little is to be praised at times but it also says proclaim it from the mountain tops. We know that sharing our faith is something we want [...]
Hallelujah is probably Leonard Cohen’s best known song but not many people know that there are two different versions of the lyrics. The first is the version on his 1984 album Various Positions. Cohen subsequently rewrote the lyrics almost entirely and performed this alternate version in his live concerts. The song is [...]
“Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.”
gidgey Bridget Willard quotes
It is 15 years since i got saved into my welcoming “Christian Famiy”.
I’ve been accepted, cared for, forgiven , prayed for and loved .( By you)
We’ve shared our hearts, our worship, our lives,
good times and tough times.
We’ve encouraged each other, stood by each other.
Not for a moment did [...]
Karl Barth, the famous German theologian, was born 123 years ago today. To celebrate, here are two quotes from his famous Church Dogmatics (IV.2):
`Christian love turns to the other purely for the sake of the other. It does not desire it for itself. It loves it simply because it is there as [...]
When I think of the broader concept of the ‘body’ and the need to love this ‘body’ I see difference and diFFerence. In the ‘body’ difference is wonderful- I just love those {baptists, catholics, Protestants …Black, White, … Male , female…young, old, ancient….lovely , so nice…..angry, obnoxious, … boring, interesting….etc.,} the ‘difference’ is embraced [...]
I was talking to someone recently on the street who was in foster care. She was really upset for a friend who had been moved about often as she had from home to home. I was telling her of the foster care parents who recently had ‘handed back’ a child who had been [...]
Many will be offended by David Lazarus of Beit Immanuel Congregation tel aviv
How do we cope with difficult situations in life? Do we get offended? Bitter?
Mat. 24:9-10
Don’t need to be offended.
Learn secret of successful Messianic living.
Life of Joseph
You remember the story:
Dream—Brothers jealous—Pit to die—Slave to Egypt—Potifar’s wife—Prison
Could have blamed his brothers
· “I’ve served God all [...]
Well the rainy season is here with enthusiam which means mud , rivers overflowing and heavy traffic but the good thing is that it brings the temperature down .
We are doing our best to make our preparations towards coming home .We have to sell our car before [...]