Just a few weeks ago, I was involved in a conversation about Christian hypocrisy. One issue non-believers love to point out is that Christians are the most hypocritical bunch out there. They claim to live their life one way, all the while they speak or act in a different way. To the outside world, most, …
About four to five years ago I was introduced to some of the works of a prince. This wasn’t just any prince. He was of course royalty but what made him stand out was his passion and zeal for his Fathers Kingdom. When he would speak, he spoke as a strong man of authority. It …
As of tomorrow, a new friend and I will kick off a “podcast reboot” if you wish to call it that. We will be connecting over a video chat to stream and record our discussion in order to publish to our podcasting channels. Not knowing where we would like to start the show, we narrowed …
We have all heard the cliche “It’s not a religion, it’s a relationship”, even pastors talk about having a “personal relationship with Jesus” as some means to invite people to Christ. That’s not all, it has become such a wonderful phrase that it has also leaked into the pews. But is it biblical?
When we look at the early church in Acts 6 and find the Hellenists were frustrated because some of their widows were neglected in the daily distribution of the food (Acts 6:1). This shows us that such a ministry already existed among the church body. However, what was lacking was the manpower to successfully accomplish the task and reach the rest of the community.
Some time ago I aquired a lecture series from Ligonier Ministries on the topic of Church History. This lesson is taught by a man named Robert Godfrey. Today, I found myself at work scrolling through my phone what sort of sermon, lecture, or song playlist I could listen to today. I found myself at work …
A few days ago I was at our weekly study group just before morning church service. I don’t recall specific details that were said which caused me to share my thoughts, but all through the lesson I could not help but think about the idea of rededication. The word continued to ring in my mind …
Often in the church, we see people having some sort of emotional response of tears. From my experience, most of the time this is triggered by a song that was just sung, though in some cases it may even be the sermon that was delivered if by any chance it was a convicting message that …
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