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Fear not?

They [Jesus' disciples] must not fear men. Men can do them not harm, for the power of men ceases with the death of the body. But they must overcome the fear of death with the fear of God. The danger lies not in the judgment of men, but in the judgment of God, not in the death of the body but in the eternal destruction of body and soul. Those who are still afraid of men have no fear of God, and those who have fear of god have ceased to be afraid of men. All preachers of the gospel will do well to recollect this saying daily.  

 

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship--

Do you want to see where your faith is, you need to find out where your fear is!!!!

Answer their Questions!

Christianity demands that we have enough compassion to learn the questions of our generation. The trouble with too many of us is that we want to be able to answer these questions instantly, as though we could take a funnel, put it in one ear and pour in the facts, and then go out and regurgitate them and win all the discussions. It cannot be. Answering questing is hard work. Can you answer all the questions? No, but you must try. Begin to listen with compassion. Ask what this man's questions really are and try to answer. And if you don't know the answer, try to go someplace or read and study to find the answer.

--Francis A Schaeffer--

My prayer is that as we are changing our ministry methods, we are making the necessary changes to meet the root needs of the people!

a little bit of what is to come!

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the way of love that not only receives every attack without fighting back but, even more, it actively reaches out to the transgressor to identify with his or her lostness, guilt and condemnation, and to make this its [love] own.



J. Rodman Williams

The point is are you willing to identify with pain of the people who hurt you? In our compassion we must understand that most of the human race is unable to respond to pain in a constructive way so we hurt others because we don't know what else to do! However, if we experience our offenders pain, we begin to know them; and it is at this point where healing can begin.

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Pride!

My name is Pride. I am a cheater. – by Beth Moore (Praying God’s word)

 

I cheat you of your God-given destiny…because you demand your own way.

 

I cheat you of contentment…because you “deserve better than this.”

 

I cheat you of knowledge…because you already know it all.

 

I cheat you of holiness…because you refuse to admit when you’re wrong.

 

I cheat you of vision…because you’d rather look in the mirror than out a window.

 

I cheat your of genuine friendship…because nobody’s going to know the real you.

 

I cheat you of love…because real romance demands sacrifice.

 

I cheat you of greatness in heaven…because you refuse to wash another’s feet on earth.

 

I cheat you of God’s glory…because I convince you to seek your own.

 

My name is Pride. I am a cheater.

 

You like me because you think I ‘m always looking out for you. Untrue.

 

I’m looking to make a fool of you. God has so much for you, I admit, but don’t worry…

 

If you stick with me. You’ll never know.

Greatest fears...

Greatest fears...

I have found an interesting phenomena; no one wants to face their "greatest fear(s)." [Neither did I] But, having been face-to-face with several of mine, I now realize sometimes God allows those fears to come upon us to show us HE has the strength to bring us through even our "greatest fears." Many run from this type of test, but for the called it is essential to pass the "greatest fear" test. It is necessary to believe God is trustworthy in every situation; even in your darkest. There is no test as affective in deepening your trust in God as this one is. Having passed this test you will be ready and willing to be used by God in any situation to give Him glory! Remember they are our fears not God's!!

Job 3:25 "For (A)what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

Is Christianity Just for the middle class?

...Bible-believing Christians who stand against the liberal theologian when he would say there are no absolutes in the Bible can make the opposite mistake by adding other elements as though they were equally absolute.  in other words, the absolutes of the Word of God can be destroyed in both directions. That is, the liberal theologian can say, "After all, there is no such thing as an absolute, and specifically the Bible does not give absolutes," or the evangelical can reach over into the middle-class standards and say, "These [middle-class] standards are equal to the absolutes of the Word of God." 

Francis A. Schaeffer -- Two Contents; Two Realities 

Francis Schaeffer pulls the cover away from the prosperity message that has been perverted...it's middle class values made absolute! 

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strenght of an ox!

Proverbs 14:4

Wow what a truth! Think about those difficult people you have to lead...they get the work done, but you always have to clean up after them! To me the question is value a clean trough (peace) or production...I think the answer lies in the tact and the ability of the leader!

What is the Church?

Is this possible?

...We in L'Abri have had people come to us who have "accepted Christ as Savior" but are not even sure hat God exists. They have never been confronted with the question of the existence God.  the  acceptance of Christ as Savior was a thing abstracted.  In had an insufficient content. In reality, it was just another kind of trip!

 

Francis A. Schaeffer  -- Two Contents, Two Realities 

I have written about this subject before, but the weight of Dr. Schaeffer's comments are explicitly conveyed here. What is the question? Can people come to a saving knowledge of Christ without believing that God exists? The answer seems simple and obvious, but the implications are catastrophic!