Its Sunday! Perhaps you have skipped out on church so you could read my highly awaited blog. Maybe you were up all night waiting… waiting ever so patientily for the 7 principles for Sabbath from the New Testament. But you probably weren’t Today we are doing part 2 of our Sabbath series. This time weContinue reading “Celebrating the Sabbath – 7 New Testament Principles”
Category Archives: Religion
Eucharistic Theology and Ecclesiology
A few weeks ago Fuller seminary’s book store was shutting down and having a 90% off sale. Yes 90% off. I had mixed feelings; I was ecstatic that I could buy books for 90% but I was also sad because another local bookstore was shutting down. There really is somethings special about picking up aContinue reading “Eucharistic Theology and Ecclesiology”
Celebrating the Sabbath – 7 Old Testament Principles
Its Sunday! For most of us that means its our Sabbath. It’s the day when we go to church, eat lunch, and be lazy — because that’s the way God intended it. Right? Well not really. If you do a quick word study on the word “Sabbath” in the Old Testament certain principles emerge whichContinue reading “Celebrating the Sabbath – 7 Old Testament Principles”
DiscipleShift – Making the Shift to a Discipleship Culture
Over the next few days I will be posting some insights that I have gotten from reading DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples by Jim Putman & Bobby Harrington w/ Robert Coleman. Check out what Robert Coleman (author of the classic The Master Plan of Evangelism) has toContinue reading “DiscipleShift – Making the Shift to a Discipleship Culture”
Some Thoughts on Colossians: Community and the Word of Christ
In this passage Paul tells us to clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience and love. At this point you should ask yourself what if we as individuals did this? Then ask yourself what if we as a community put on these virtues and lived in such a way that displayed these things? HowContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Colossians: Community and the Word of Christ”
If You Want to Know… Look at Jesus
Check out what N.T. Wright has to say about knowledge: If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus. If you want to know what love is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what grief is, lookContinue reading “If You Want to Know… Look at Jesus”
Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.3)
Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear for they are a rebellious house. – Ezekiel 12:2-3a Last time we looked at “The Dimmer Switch Principle” and how our own individual sin/idolatry makes us blind toContinue reading “Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.3)”
Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.2)
Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear for they are a rebellious house. – Ezekiel 12:2-3a Last time we talked a bit about the concept that our own sins, habits, and practices can make usContinue reading “Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.2)”
Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.1)
Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear for they are a rebellious house. – Ezekiel 12:2-3a We are used to this type of language in scripture, at least some of us, we have heard thisContinue reading “Ezekiel: Your Idols are Blind! (Pt.1)”
Some Thoughts on Colossians: Are You Preaching the Full Gospel?
So there is this story of an early first century man, this man started to be known as being a sort of a revolutionary. He was speaking against the authorities and their unjust ways of ruling the people. This man lived in an era where civil unrest was the norm. People were constantly protesting againstContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Colossians: Are You Preaching the Full Gospel?”
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 