RELEVANT TO WHAT?.
Month: June 2014
RELEVANT TO WHAT?
The dictionary defines relevant as, “closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.” A good question for us to ask ourselves is, “The Bible is relevant… Read more “RELEVANT TO WHAT?”
WHATDYATHINK?
FOLLOWING ARE SOME THOUGHTS I HAD RECENTLY THAT I’D LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON Spiritual training > Spiritual transformation > Using spiritual gifts > Being used by God… Read more “WHATDYATHINK?”
“Start by doing…
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St. Francis of Assisi
“To be alive at…
“To be alive at all involves some risk.”
Harold Macmillan
Fear -> Faith
How we can go from experiencing fear to experiencing faith in God.
“The first ‘big…
“The first ‘big idea’ driving many churches is to create a church that meets the needs of its members. And since so many people have such deep spiritual needs, there is much good in this approach. But often it also leads to unhealthy consequences. Needs soon turn to wants. A toxic self-absorption can easily develop. ‘Us’ becomes all that matters. Spiritual impact is rarely contemplated beyond the borders of the church property. Like a star that has collapsed into a black hole, refusing to release its light, a ‘need-meeting church’ can unknowingly come to exist for nothing bigger than itself.”
Robert Lewis, The Church of Irresistible Influence, p. 57.
Uncommon Sense 