Evangelical Christianity is now tragically below the New Testament standard. Worldliness is an accepted fact of our way of life. Our religious mood is social instead of spiritual. – A.W. Tozer
Is that not true in CCF and many of our fellowships? How often have we, on committee and as leaders, strained to devise worldly management [...]
Perhaps one of the greatest hindrances in prayer is our insincerity. Too much forcing ourselves into our construct of prayer, our envisioned framework of emotion and humility, than actually praying. Perhaps we try too hard sometimes to “get in the mood”.
Real men don’t cry.
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I tell you, it is harder to grieve so deeply, mournfully, and respectfully, in tears, than to “suck it up” and just turn your mind away.
There is so much you can do as a leader and a server. But at the end of the day, there is only so much you can do. It is up to people to make the choice themselves whether to take something seriously, and listen, learn, participate, act — or not.
As I prepared for writing my blurb for the engineering grad yearbook I considered things like who I am, and what I value the most. I remembered being introduced to Jim Collins ‘ work a year ago, reading up on his perspectives on leadership and posted a bit on my blog about it. Though I’d [...]
Sometimes we agonize over our dry uninspiring prayer time. We agonize over it at length even as we try to endure and to arouse in ourself a desire and focus to pray. Failing to do so successfully, we agonize more and return to the days with the half-satisfied thought that we have been keeping up [...]
I wanna share one of the most exciting and biggest lessons I’ve learned all summer! It has to do with receiving compliments. People respond to compliments in different ways, and how you choose to respond can greatly deepen the relationship with the other person.
We are called to goodness not niceness.
That is not to say we aren’t also to be nice, but it is not so much the point. Too often general society–and Christians–mix up the two to their own detriment.
Biblically speaking the word “good” appears 614 times in the NIV, whereas “nice” appears… well not at all. Granted–this [...]
Are we too advanced for the Bible?
Being honest with myself I’ve discovered that sometimes I believe that. The thought hides somewhere deep in the subconscious. Why read the Bible? I’ve done that. How bout I read some other Christian books instead? They give me more insight in more specific and modern ways…
Are we spiritually matured [...]
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