My Simple Point of View

Philippians 4:1-9
Brother James will be hosting our discussion. So bring your thinking caps

Dinner Menu:
Chicken Enchilada’s

I wonder if 1 Corinthians 2:14 would be applicable here?
14But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

What do you think the impact this sign would have hanging in front of your church?

In Ed Stetzer article, Beginning a Conversation about Christ he closes with word we all need to carefully process.

Today, the church is like a bear fed by tourists. It’s lost its natural ability. We need to share Christ in meaningful ways without just inviting people to a congregational event. In this (already too long article) I can just suggest one brief idea: let’s get that back by starting where people are, listening to them, building a relationship, telling them about Jesus, sharing with them the story of redemption, and bringing them to a bloody cross and an empty tomb.

AMEN!

Can I get another Amen!

Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page re-emphasized the need for the denomination to focus on bringing lost souls into God’s kingdom and announced that a long-planned multi-faceted evangelism strategy will be presented during SBC’s annual meeting in June.

Frank said, “Many of our people simply do not know how to relate to people in 21st-century culture and have been frustrated at their inability to communicate the Gospel. Many believers do not know people who are outside the Kingdom and often do not even know their own neighbors.”

WHAT! Do Baptists live under rocks? Don’t they know how to talk Continue Reading »

According to a recent survey it would seen that we have a new social class know as the Middle-Class Millionaire.

Middle-Class Millionaires: Those with a net worth between $1 million and $10 million through their own efforts and not inheritance. Which equates to 7.6% of American households (8.4 million)

You might be a Middle-Class Millionaire if…
The average middle-class millionaire works 70 hours per week

Middle-class millionaires are five times more likely Continue Reading »

And the world laughs at us why…

Hmmm…

For more than five decades, self-proclaimed experts and so-called sexual reformers, beginning with Alfred Kinsey, have worked to advance the belief that there are no public consequences to private sexual behavior. And Americans, for the most part, have bought into this notion, proving what Lenin said, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth!”

This ideological offensive, which gained traction during the sexual revolution of the 1960s, led to the erosion of all prior social and legal boundaries, which restrained sex to monogamous marriage. This exclusive union—which strictly limited the acceptable relationship for sex and click for complete story

James 2:21-23 (NLT)
21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. 23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith. ”He was even called the friend of God.
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Is your faith complete and how does it look in your life? Here’s a hint: 2 Corinthians 13:5

A Thought….
Would a full-time pastor be considered bi-vocational (or something else) if they were trying to serving the will of God and the church board?

Hmmm…

And if applicable, how would one reconcile with Matthew 6:24?

Most Americans believe their church is doing enough to help the poor but recorded increases in the national poverty level indicate that Christians are disconnected with the reality of people in need.

A national survey, released Monday, showed 67 percent of Americans – over half of whom attend church at least once a month – agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “My church already does enough to help the poor in my community.” Less than half (42 percent) said their church spends more money on itself than on the community. (complete story)

So let me just ask you my friends this question. What do you do routinely to aid and assist the community you live? And does it require a physical, emotional, economical and spiritual commitment? In other words complete faith!

Growing up in the roman church and later in my adult years moving to the protestant I’ve seen one constant. The church cares first for it’s self.

LORD, help us to walk with open eyes that we may not become affected by the disease.

Just another rambling thought with tears in my eyes… God Bless