It might be kind of funny, but watch it a second time. This time imagine that was GOD trying to do that with you, but you just won't budge. No matter how hard He tries to get you up or pull you in a direction that will be beneficial for you, you simply refuse. You play dead.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
CAT
It might be kind of funny, but watch it a second time. This time imagine that was GOD trying to do that with you, but you just won't budge. No matter how hard He tries to get you up or pull you in a direction that will be beneficial for you, you simply refuse. You play dead.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
MESSY
- It isn’t worship if the music is too loud or too fast or the wrong genre.
- It isn’t discipleship if the content is delivered in a home or online instead of in a classroom or a sanctuary.
- It isn’t missions if we help a neighbor who has wealth instead of focusing on people who live in poverty.
- The message is good if it calls out the sin of other people, but when it’s our sin, we’re offended.
- Rather than embracing the ministries that are impacting the most people, we want the church to embrace our personal projects and passions.
- We’re more inclined to give when we can direct how the money is used.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
TARGET
There has been some discussion about churches who go for a 'TARGETED' audience. I understand the debate, but does having a 'target' and a 'focus' mean you're being exclusionary or prejudiced? I don't believe so.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
SONIC
I'll get back to some serious stuff in the next couple of days for those of you who like that approach, but TODAY, not so much.
Monday, March 22, 2010
IN SHAPE
Sunday, March 21, 2010
ANNUAL
Thursday, March 18, 2010
FRIEND
And be blessed.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
BALD
Sunday, March 14, 2010
TACOS
Some people doubt everything. They don’t have healthy skepticism. It’s just foolish skepticism … and you’ll NEVER be convinced of ANYTHING with that approach. And spiritually, it's the same. You must build your life on something positive. You must and you do.
Paul said: “We cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.” (2 Cor. 13:8)
Is there anything you can do against the reality that I had 10 tacos yesterday? I don’t care what you think about that – well, maybe you think I’m a PIG – but no matter what you think, it's what happened. I could call witnesses for proof, but you could have such an unhealthy skepticism that you would say, ‘No matter what they TELL me, I’m not going to believe you. I don’t think you could get ten tacos DOWN.’
But here’s the great thing about the truth of the Gospel – Christianity has always been public. When Paul would preach in the book of Acts, he’d come to the crowds and say, ‘Listen … NONE of this is a SECRET. Investigate it if you want to.’ Have you noticed how many religious systems are clandestine and everything is under the covers? That's a warning of errors. covers? Christianity has never been that. It is out in the open - research it - look at it - tear it apart - test it.
As it was with my 10 tacos, so it is with the resurrection of Jesus. How's that for a parallel? But it’s the same. Do all you want to try to disparage one or the other, the bottom line is they're true and I'm not threatened by the evidence.
If you want to get at the truth, you have to be willing to ultimately embrace the real answers … because there are some who just like to argue everything and never come to a conclusion. It’s time to get off the fence and say, ‘I’m willing to be CONVINCED.’
And here’s what happens with honest skeptics. After they get the reasonable information, they eventually say, ‘OK – I got it – I can believe … and NOW … I’m FULLY COMMITTED.’
You can’t just stay in question-and-research mode forever. Eventually you have to form some kind of conclusion and then say, ‘NOW I’m going to DO something in response to this information.’
Some facts don’t need a response. “I had ten tacos yesterday.” That doesn’t require a response … other than, ‘Who cares?’ But for me to say: ‘Jesus Christ came as God in human form and ended up dying on a cross for your sins. And today He teaches what you must do to get right with God, which is to turn from your disobedience and make HIM the center of your life – because not only did He die for your sins; He rose from the dead on the third day so you could receive Him into your heart and have eternal life in heaven with Him when you die.’ THAT truth demands a RESPONSE.
And be blessed.
Friday, March 12, 2010
SCROLLS
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of about 900 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in the present day West Bank.
The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they include the oldest known surviving copies of Biblical and extra-biblical documents. They are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, mostly on parchment, but some on papyrus. The manuscripts generally date between 150 BCE to 70 CE.
ALL or PORTIONS OF every book of the Bible except for Esther were found in the Qumran caves. In Jerusalem, the Shrine Of The Book holds many of these manuscripts, including the entire book of Isaiah on a single scroll - the largest of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
If you get a chance to get up there before they leave town, I highly recommend it.
And be blessed.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
POPEMOBILE
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
BEAGLE
On my way to work today, I saw a man walking his beagle on a leash. The weird thing is that the beagle was really leading his owner, straining at the leash and all.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
PLEASURE
Sunday, March 7, 2010
JOEL HUNTER
Today our guest at KFA was Joel Hunter (pictured at left). Joel planted Northwood Church in Houston six years ago and today has spread thru three campuses in Houston and one in New Orleans.