I am preaching today–so much I would like to say and so little time. We must cease trying to operate the church in the same way other organizations operate. Luke’s gospel employs reversals as a literary device to highlight comparisons, choices, and contrasts. The more obvious reversals include well-known stories such as the Good Samaritan, …
Monthly Archives: June 2010
A Worthy Resolution
The recent meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution dealing with the “Scandal of Southern Baptist Divorce.” Among other things, the resolution called on churches to “proclaim the word of God on the permanence of marriage, provide marriage enrichment opportunities, and marry only those who are biblically qualified to be married to one …
Father’s Day: Four Principles
Several months ago I received an email with the following information. I have edited it slightly and focused it for Father’s Day. In May 2009, Brad McCoy, Colt McCoy’s dad, spoke at the Tuesday morning Dallas Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The breakfast is an annual breakfast started by Tom Landry and other Dallas leaders over …
It’s Sunday Again: Reflections on Life
It’s Sunday again–typical, atypical. I will teach my Bible class this morning, but no other “official” duties. My mind overflowed on my early morning walk today–thinking, praying, dreaming…. Life is about beginnings and endings. Today’s reality includes things unthinkable last week–the death of a young lady just beginning life, married within the last year, just …
It’s Sunday Again: Christo-centric or Ec-centric
Christians must be correctly “centered”. There is only one center. All other approaches are off-center. The center is Christ. All else is eccentric, meaningless, illogical. Christ is the communication of God and the logic of God. Today I begin teaching a new Bible study series, Foundations of Faith. What does one have to know to …
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The Jesus Manifesto: Review
Sweet, Leonard, and Frank Viola. The Jesus Manifesto. Thomas Nelson, 2010. In The Jesus Manifesto, Len Sweet and Frank Viola have teamed up with the goal of writing a book that restores “the supremacy and sovereignty of Jesus Christ” by identifying the basics of the message of Jesus without peripheral, divisive issues. What is the …
Jesus Manifesto
Of possible interest…. JESUS MANIFESTO: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola (Thomas Nelson, Hardcover, 205 pages) is being released today. It is available on Amazon.com today with a major discount. The official website for the book is www.theJesusManifesto.com. I will post a review of the book in …