Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;[a] we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
From the English Standard Version of the Bible.
It would seem that in our day people no longer talk to each other when they have differing views. No, today they yell, criticize, mock, undermine, and sometimes even lie about each other. It is ridiculous the way people treat each other. I blame talk radio and presidential campaigns for setting the standard of how to treat those who are different.
I have met a lot of unchurched people who feel the same way about most Christians. They have been Continue reading
Recovering from a broken leg is never easy. The first few days after surgery to screw my leg back together proved challenging in trying to deal with the pain. Because of a simple mistake I had to endure horrible pain after my nerve block wore off (See yesterday’s post, “Never Blocks Don’t Last Forever!”). By the end of the second day my pain was back under control and I was ready to begin physical therapy and get back to a normal life.
Within a few days I began to realize that dealing with the pain may have Continue reading
Yesterday, we began looking at “Five Factors that Brought a Dying Church Back to Life” by J.D. Greear. Today we will look at the last three factors.
Greear writes:
3. Beware of fighting battles that lead you nowhere.
A third lesson is tied to the second. Beware of fighting battles, no matter Continue reading
Last week, I posted an article from Thom Rainer on “Seven Deadly Sins of a Dying Church.” I am sure some of you might be able to identify one of the sins on his list as a problem at your church. However, for others the list sounds way too familiar, but regardless of how much trouble your church may be having there is always hope in Jesus.
For the next two days we are going to look at “Five Factors That Brought a Dying Church Back to Life” by J.D. Greear. His story of how Summit Church was brought back to life is a wonderful testimony for all of us.
Greear writes:
The church I pastor, the Summit Church, was planted in 1962. In 2001, however, the Summit Church (then Homestead Heights Baptist Church) was a plateaued, declining Baptist church. The current pastor had been Continue reading
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