This is a long post, just so your warned. Community is one of the many buzz words in the Church community. It’s taken over like a plague. That usually is a good thing, but if we don’t really understand what that word implies then it becomes a dangerous thing.
I was removing wallpaper when I got the news. My brother tells me “Boston just got bombed!”. At first I thought it was a hoax circulating the internet so I checked CNN and read for myself that two bombs did indeed go off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing at
“No God — No Peace. Know God — Know Peace.” “Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!” “Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins.” “Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here! “If you don’t like the way you were born, try being born
Note: This post is solely Tim Whitaker’s opinion. Our nation is sharply divided over the idea of legalizing some form of homosexual marriage/union. Well it’s time for Tim Whitaker to throw his view in to the mix. I realize there are a lot of angles to approach
Warning: This post is a little longer than usual. In this post we really wanted to address how we (as Christians) are to approach people with different beliefs. It’s a hot button issue inside the Church with an array of different methods to either interact or share
I’ll never forget the conversation I had with my good friend Jerry that changed my relationship with Jesus. It was about 6 years ago now where Jerry described a conversation he had with Jesus in his car while driving that changed the way he loved God. Jerry told me
This is Side 2: see Side 1 here! It is interesting to me that the majority of things we (as Christians) argue vehemently over are personal preferences. Many Christians spend their lives arguing for things not in scripture while denying things that are in scripture. I think
Picture a mirror. Now picture that mirror with thousands of little cracks in it. Cracks that distort your reflection as look at yourself. This is what denominations do to the body of Christ. Extreme statement? Maybe, but Christ’s prayer was that we (His Church) were
This is Side 1: See Side 2 here! I know right? How can a person who claims to be a follower of Christ say such a terrible word! Beer is evil! So is anything else that contains alcohol! How dare Christians drink! If this is your mentality, buckle up. Alcohol! Not many things
Condescension: (n) 1: voluntary descent from one’s rank or dignity in relations with an inferior 2: patronizing attitude or behavior I think this is a word we are all familiar with. A word we are all disgusted with? Perhaps. A word we are all plagued with. More
“When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
If I sound like a broken record too bad. Ok that sounds mean. I realize that sometimes my posts might come across as redundant, but when it comes to the Church, to the body of Christ, nothing (besides the work of Christ) can be more important. After all Christ believes in