There was a series on crosswalk.com earlier this year. 10 Ways We May Be Destroying Our Churches. Of course, there are more than ten. So, I borrowed the thought and called my series Ways people in church destroy churches from the inside.
Would you go to church in a boat? What about under penalty of death if you’re caught? I wonder what I would do. What about you? Under what circumstances are we willing to attend any church under penalty of death? It’s happening right now.
Who gets to define religion? Specifically, who gets to define the new Christianity? China passed a set of religious regulations about six years ago. I started to write about them a couple of times. It was never quite right though. I felt like the U.S., in some way, was going to copy what China did. As it turns out, we’re doing just that.
Will there be homeless people in Heaven? Who cares? Whoa! A two-part question. And trick questions at that? The correct answers are yes/no and yes. Huh? The answers may very well depend on how you read the question. And how you view life – or don’t. Are you up for this?
Jesus loves us the way we are, right? Yes, but … Wait! I thought Jesus just loved us as we are. He meets us wherever we’re at, and He loves us, no matter what! What’s this “Yes, but …” about?
A time to search and a time to give up. Do you recognize that? Maybe it reminds you of a song by The Seekers – Turn, Turn, Turn. Which was based on a passage in the Bible. Either way, I feel like it’s time. Maybe it’s time for you as well?
Have you heard the saying about something not being worth the paper it’s printed on? In other words, it has little to no value. A news story I read made me wonder, “In your mind, is the Bible worth the paper it’s printed on?”
Which politician says let us return to the Lord? I’m not sure that any politician ever said that. But, you may remember one that claimed “Nobody has done more for Christianity or for evangelicals or for religion itself than I have”.
You know what gentrification is, right? It’s where rich people drive poor people out of a neighborhood, essentially because they can afford to. They don’t want anything of what’s there already, except maybe the location. Everything else has to go. Do you think there’ll be gentrification in Heaven?
Psalm 29 says Praise The Lord For His Glory And Strength. Is that what we think of? Or do we think first of the things God did for us? Or what God’s going to do for us?
God and me - this life and the next 