Faith, Family, Leadership, & Advice
Summer is here! And that means students from all over the country will be attending church camp. New friends, crazy games & competitions, times for worship, bible study & prayer – all this combines and intersects with the work of Jesus in students lives and create an incredible experiences. Thousands will make decisions for Christ…
During a devotional time this morning, our Associate Pastor read 1 Kings 3:7-12 and something grabbed my attention that I’ve never noticed before. It was in verse 12. In the ESV it reads, “I now do according to your word.” The interesting thing is that in this portion of Scripture, God is speaking. God said…
Just thought I’d repost these questions from Will Mancini (Church Unique) & Tom Harper These are things we should all think about every now and then. As you think about your personal vision… What one thing bothers you most about the world? If you knew you couldn’t fail, what one thing would you pursue for…
I read a post from Mark Batterson’s blog the other day that really stuck out to me. Here’s what he wrote: Three Translations Had a thought during one of the sessions today. There are three ways to translate the Bible. You can translate it with 1) your mind 2) your heart and 3) your life….
Open Theology (also called “Freewill Theism”) states that God does not know the future. He changes His mind in response to our prayers. This idea comes out of the “Freewill/Arminian” position which says that because of our freewill, God cannot know the future. If He did, then we don’t really have freewill. John Sanders describes the…
Evidently in the class I missed a couple of weeks ago, my professor gave an assignment for our journals. Here’s the assignment: If God gave you one wish, what would it be and why? Of course my first response is “more wishes,” but I’m sure that’s not gonna qualify for a “good” answer. The truth…