Sticking With It
We had a really good sermon a little while ago with a guest preacher from one of our sister churches, the theme was The grass is greener where you weed it. The message was basically about people who moved from one church to another because they’re not happy with something where they are and in moving don’t get consistent teaching.I would suggest reading 2 Samuel before and whilst reading this blog which will continues over 3 or 4 days and from part two the theology gets pretty hard core.
People walk away from churches for many but in my experience it quite often boils down to the person walking away reacting rather than responding to a situation, whether that is being hurt, offended or just not understanding where the church is going. This reminded me of the struggle David had in 2 Samuel, we can see in the passage how David the giant killer, the one who survived the pit of lions got stuck and angry but not just angry but angry at God 2 Sam 6:9 Read the rest of this entry »
Which Bible Version
Christians have always understood the Bible to be God’s self-revelation to humanity—a type of self-portrait of God. It’s the account of His pursuit of and engagement with His creation. Describing in terms such as “eternally binding” (Lk 16:17) and ”God-breathed” (2 Tim 3:16), the biblical authors recognized the Bible to function as a sort of window or corrective lens through which our spiritual myopia or near sightedness might be corrected. If this is the case, it nearly goes without saying that it ought to be our number one priority to understand and internalise what is contained in such a book. And wherever we’re at on this journey of pursuing the study of God’s Word, it’s essential that we have access to it. Read the rest of this entry »
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