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When People Are Big and God Is Small by Edward T. Welch
7 Practices of Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
Soul Revolution by John Burke
Flashbang by Mark Steele
So we’re in this series called “It’s a God Thing” – we’re discussing things that are impossible without God. And ya know, as I study these things, I realize how much of church and the Christian life is something we do in our strength. I don’t like to admit it, but if I’m honest (and I would guess, if most of us were honest) we’d have to say we try to pull off a lot of what it means to be a Christian in our own strength. However the “ideal” and “dream” of God’s Word I believe IS possible, but not the way we typically approach biblical direction (ie. try harder). It’s a God thing, so it requires God.
ShareHere’s another “snapshot” from a sermon a few weeks ago on the topic of caring for other Christians. Hope it’s a good reminder…
ShareHere’s a clip from a few weeks ago on the topic of caring for other people in the church. Enjoy it.
ShareMaybe “normal” is the wrong word, but just because something is not common does that mean we should not pursue it?
Today I talked about God’s design for the church and granted it’s not common and I’m not sure that I can find many examples where it’s working right, but, personally, I don’t think that should be a reason not to pursue it. I mean if it’s God’s design shouldn’t it be our aspiration? You see I think there are things we shy away from or give up on because we can’t envision a way, realistically that it can be pulled off. But that’s the reason we’ve called our current series: “It’s a God Thing”. These are things that are not possible without God.
ShareSo yesterday we began the new series, “It’s a God Thing” and while I don’t know how many from GCR actually read this blog, there were three questions that came after the message on Sunday, and I’d love to clarify a few things. Maybe there will be a way to get this into one of the upcoming messages, but just in case I can’t, plus some may not want to wait that long, I figured I’d write them here on the blog…
1. Why did you talk about giving $$ as the indicator of where God is in our hearts/ lives? Get real, is this a church-fundraising pitch?
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