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Book Review: Surrender to Love by David Benner
I received Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality by David Benner from IVP. It is part of a trilogy of small books Benner has updated. The foreword by M. Basil Pennington has this sentence: “It took me several weeks to read.” The volume I as holding in my hands was slender. The text itself, subtracting discussion group…
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Four Lines to Wreck My Day
I have found culturally these days that words have duel, and opposite, meanings. When I’ve heard something or someone described as “sick,” I think, “Oh, that’s too bad. What’s wrong with them?” Then, I find out the word meant, “Awesome,” or “incredible,” or something opposite of what the word used to mean for me. So, I use the word “wreck,” or I…
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2015.10.18 – Life in the Church
“2015.10.18 – Life in the Church” – A sermon from Heights Church Subscribe in an RSS reader or on iTunes
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Pastor Appreciation
This month is “Pastor Appreciation” month. Since I pastor a church I absolutely treasure and love, I think EVERY month is “pastor appreciation.” To think we had to come up with this kind of “celebration” years ago because there were churches who didn’t appreciate their pastors breaks my heart. Today we will have a time to say “thanks” as a church, but…
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What does JESUS think of his church?
We might want to take our cues from what JESUS thinks of his Church rather than the latest blogger with an axe to grind.
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There IS a learning process in the Kingdom
Discipleship is necessary because, as Paul reminds us, we LEARN Christ. We aren’t “zapped” with Christ and holiness at the altar. We are TAUGHT. Eph. 4:20-24 — There is a way of life to be LEARNED. There is a way to treat our former lives and our new lives in Christ… and that way should be TAUGHT. We cannot leave…
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Let us keep the main thing the main thing
We are called to GROW UP. To mature. To lead others to maturity.
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Reminders of WHO WE ARE
This next Sunday we will be focusing on the Church in our Multiply Discipleship. When I saw we would be reading Ephesians next week, I was immediately excited because I instantly had the text to preach from, along with a strong word from the Lord about the beauty of the Church. The Body of Christ is BEAUTIFUL. For all the beating up…
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6 minute prayer challenge
In the short bursts of opportunity, I can’t look at them as inconvenient times any more. I need to see them as invitations in the Spirit to rise to a challenge.
