Congradulations, graduate!
This is graduation season and we just held a hum-dinger of a graduation party for my high school graduate daughter. Great going, girl!
It reminded me of what it will be like when we get to Heaven. Let us rejoice and be glad, the scriptures tell us. For we will have come through great tribulation to stand before his throne and to celebrate with him in that great party God will throw -- the wedding feast of the Lamb of God. We will have made it through!
And the Lord tells us that, having passed through that school we know as earthly life, he will assign us new duties -- some five cities, some ten cities -- according to our "GPA" in life (Luke 19:11-27)
And that is when REAL life will begin...
Grace and peace!
Serapion
30 June 2007
05 June 2007
Culture vs. Scripture
Go back and read your Bible.
What does it say about....? pick your topic.
I want to challenge you that many of the things you think of as the way things should be within the church or among Christians simply have no basis in the Bible. Many do not even have a long history within the church.
If we are serious about reaching the people of OUR world in THIS century, we must be radical. We have to go back to the root -- what God says in his Word. And you must be prepared to face the fact that what he says in his word may not be what you expected.
So much of the way we do things as American Christians is dictated not by God, but by culture. That does not in itself mean it is wrong. It may be "indifferent" (that means, it doesn't matter). But perhaps this way needs to be changed in order to make us effective in what God has us here to do.
What does it say about....? pick your topic.
I want to challenge you that many of the things you think of as the way things should be within the church or among Christians simply have no basis in the Bible. Many do not even have a long history within the church.
If we are serious about reaching the people of OUR world in THIS century, we must be radical. We have to go back to the root -- what God says in his Word. And you must be prepared to face the fact that what he says in his word may not be what you expected.
So much of the way we do things as American Christians is dictated not by God, but by culture. That does not in itself mean it is wrong. It may be "indifferent" (that means, it doesn't matter). But perhaps this way needs to be changed in order to make us effective in what God has us here to do.
02 June 2007
Angels Ain't Cute!
....Or why angels may not be the best decorative accent.
The first time we see angels in the Bible is in Genesis 3. Were they hovering around lovingly watchin over their little lambs Adam and Eve? NO! They were brandishing swords to make sure Adam didn't sneak back into Eden! How cute!
Next we see an angel visiting Abraham. Abraham obviously regards him with respect and immediately offers him hospitality. The angel calls down fire from heaven and consumes the meal Abraham provided and converts it into a crispy critter. How cute!
Fast forward to the end of the book - Revelation. Angels are all over the place. They are soldiers in the army of God, they wield scythes to harvest the people of the earth, they set the tone of heaven by calling to one another "Holy, Holy, Holy!". I don't know about you but I just don't see cute here.
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