“If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O King. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or
Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those
And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over unclean spirits; and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff – no bread, no bag, no money in their belt – but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do
In this short series, we are looking what it means to live a life on mission for God. Or, put another way, to practice what I call whole-life evangelism. We’ll see why how we live and who we are matters as much as what we say. Today, we’ll look at how and why the way
The mention of Martin Luther King Jr.’s name typically conjures up an image in my mind. An image of a man at a podium fiercely proclaiming the word of God as it applies to the struggles of the oppressed. And usually I recall some variation of those famous words King delivered to striking sanitation workers
For the past few months, we have been exploring how to share and live out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. Having looked at the state of our culture, we are now considering how we respond with the gospel. Specifically, we are going to look at the example Jesus provided when He
This is the second in a series of posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. In our last two posts, we began exploring two questions. Where are we now? And where are we going? So far we have looked at modernism and
This is the second in a series of posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. In our last post, we noted that our exploration of faith and culture in today’s world begins with answering two questions. Where are we now? And where
This is the first in a series of blog posts in which we will look at sharing and living out the gospel in a post post-modern and post-Christian culture. “When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.” – Luke 5:11 Let’s face it, folks. We like leaving stuff. Metaphorically
