April 16, 2010
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My hope is that this series of posts "18 Confessions" will
deepen the believers empathy for those seeking out the faith
and bring insight into the internal wrestles of a new
Christian or perhaps if you relate to the thoughts or
struggles in these posts that you would consider the
lasting satisfaction and joy that can only be found in Jesus.
April 16, 2010
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Pat Condell doesn’t respect your beliefs and doesn’t care if you get offended. He has writting a book “Godless Comedy”, which is his serious thoughts on religion and giving it the kicking it apparently deserves. You can watch many of his video-posts on youtube that detail why Christians and other ‘religions’ have it so wrong.
April 16, 2010
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1. They are people of prayer.
2. They have a theology that compels them to evangelize.
3. They are people who spend time in the Word.
4. They are compassionate people.
5. They love the communities where God has placed them.
6. They are intentional about evangelism.
7. They are accountable to someone for their evangelistic activities.
Written by Thom Rainer. Read his full article here on the Gospel Coalition website.
April 15, 2010
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False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel. We may preach with all the fervor of a reformer and yet succeed only in winning a straggler here and there, if we permit the whole collective thought of the nation to be controlled by ideas […] which prevent Christianity from being regarded as anything more than a harmless delusion.”
- J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Culture,” Princeton Theological Review 11 (1913): 7.
April 14, 2010
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Lord, keep us right, true in doctrine, true in experience, true in life, true in word, true in deed. Let us have an intense agony of spirit concerning the many who are going down to the everlasting fire of which our Master spoke. Lord, save them! LORD, SAVE THEM! Stay, we pray Thee, the torrents of sin that run down the streets of London; purge the dead sea of sin, in which so many of the heathen are lying asoak. Oh! that the day were come when the name of Jesus shall be a household word, when everybody knew of His love, and of His death, and of His blood, and of its cleansing power. Lord, save men, gather out the company of the redeemed people; let those whom the Father gave to Christ be brought out from among the ruins of the fall to be His joy and crown. “Let the people praise Thee, O God, yea, let all the people praise Thee.” Let the ends of the earth fear Him who died to save them. Let the whole earth be filled with the glory of God.
- Charles Spurgeon
April 14, 2010
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My hope is that this series of posts "18 Confessions"
will deepen the believers empathy for those seeking out
the faith and bring insight into the internal wrestles
of a new Christian or perhaps if you relate to the
thoughts or struggles in these posts that you would
consider the lasting satisfaction and joy that can
only be found in Jesus.
April 14, 2010
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Flew always described himself as a “negative atheist”…
After months of soul-searching, Flew concluded that research into DNA had “shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved”…
Flew went on to make a video of his conversion entitled Has Science Discovered God? and seemed to want to atone for past errors: “As people have certainly been influenced by me, I want to try and correct the enormous damage I may have done,” he said.
April 13, 2010
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All Christians should desire to have an increased Bible knowledge, that is a deep desire and commitment to dig deeper into God’s word personally through daily bible reading. As we saturate ourselves in scripture we are more acquainted with our God and our hearts change. This will have an overflow effect into our words and actions. Why not make it a goal for yourself and others to read the Bible in a year!
(check out resources here)
Pump up the bookstall at church. Check there are good books on it and ensure new stock is brought in. Place a couple of quality books on their that aren’t just pushing your agenda of evangelism but that is pushing your sheep to love, know and obey Christ more deeply. We should read and meditate on the Bible, of course, but we should also read theology and grow in our understanding of the glorious truths of God. Let’s not be lazy with the things of God.
(click here for more on why Christians should be readers)
Help grow your flock’s affections for Jesus through your sharing of links to:
* new mp3 sermons are up
* resources that are on your church website
* direct attention to good Christian blogs and websites Perhaps a tricky topic came up in the sermon and you read a good article or post on the topic, why not share it with others and encourage them to do further reading on the topic also.
* new songs you are singing at church. The more we know the songs lyrics the more we own them and sing on Sundays with meaning & gusto. Plus music is a word ministry where the Spirit has great opportunity to minister to us as we sing the words and recall the words throughout the day – its a great defense against Satan also.
(Oh and a fourth tip… PRAY!)
April 13, 2010
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Oh! give us to serve Thee, and especially, and this prayer we have already prayed but we pray it again, make us useful in the salvation of our fellow man. O Lord, have we lived so long in the world and yet are our children unconverted? May we never rest until they are truly saved. Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Christian character? Have we never spoken to them the Word of Life? Lord, arouse us to a deep concern for all with whom we come in contact from day to day. Make us all missionaries at home or in the street, or in our workshop, wherever Providence has cast our lot, may we there shine as lights in the world.
- Charles Spurgeon
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