My Simple Point of View

I just can’t say enough about the gratitude I have for our church family. Am I bragging? Maybe a little but they deserve it. They are eager to serve the Lord, whenever. Our Christmas Eve service was our largest offering to date and we dedicated all of it to the needs of the homeless and that is just what we did. God has blessed us in abundance. The only Continue Reading »

Sipping a cup of coffee and listening to the news on TV this morning I about blew chunks. Yes chunks! The news came on and said that the church of scientology had declared Tom Cruise as the new “Christ”. What is wrong with this world! Don’t they realize that Tom is way to good looking to hang on a cross! And how do you explain to Suri that her daddy was too busy saving people like you and I to go play tea party.

I wonder how John Travolta is taking the news. Wait, why not have them both! Tom shouldn’t mind with such a humble personality and all. And what if, they could get Continue Reading »

Just thinking out loud about Romans 1 verse 1. Depending on the translation Paul refers to himself as a slave, servant or bondservant. Have you ever really taken those words and thought about the seriousness of using them in their true context? Can you honestly say you’re a slave of Christ’s?

1:1 This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. NLT

1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. NASB

Lets look at these words and how they where applied in Paul’s life. This may help us understand Continue Reading »

Finally someone had put it in terms others should understand. On Christianity Today’s web site Scot McNight has done a great job of clarifying what the Emerging Church is about. I highly encourage you to take the time to read this “Must Read” article. click here

Take 2 minutes and watch this segment from Oprah’s TV show. I hope you are surprised even shocked.

I’ve seen the popular show and have even enjoyed some of the segments, but really this takes the cake. I’ve talked before about Oprah’s soft or better yet Continue Reading »

Temptation + Compromise = Sin

The problem is that many people believe that they can prevent temptation. They can’t, it is an external source. Compromise on the other hand is internal (the ball is now in our court). Remove the compromise and temptation returns void.

Just my thoughts

A few weeks back I was talking with some of our folks about corporate prayer. Like at the close of a meeting, when someone may be asked to say a closing prayer. What surprised me were how many people from our own little fellowship that felt uncomfortable saying a public prayer. So we talked about it and the results where interesting.

It seems that even when you are amongst loving friends, we still have fear of rejection and embarrassment. As we talked opening, many agreed Continue Reading »

Acts 3:13-15
13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.15 So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.

Have you ever thought about these verses? It sounds much like what is going on within our church culture today. The council grumbles, look, look closely they don’t fit the mold and we have not given our seal of approval. They have not jumped through enough Continue Reading »