Truth
Merry Christmas – Jesus Christ is Born!
We interrupt the normal flow of communication and commentary to celebrate the greatest birthday of all time.
JESUS CHRIST IS BORN!
He came to save us from our sins. We receive the gift of eternal life by believing in his death and resurrection and giving Him his rightful place in our lives as Lord of all.
HALLELUJAH!
Merry Christmas
Restoring Masculinity: The Balance of the Wise
For the past 6,000 years, since the sin of Adam and Eve, we have lived in a fallen world.
I told a worship leader recently she would be wise to never blame God for bad stuff that happens in life. Blame it on a fallen world and always trust in the perfectly good character of God.
Part of our fallenness stems from life out of balance. We swing pendulums this way and that, being too lenient or being too firm, too hot or cold, or thinking norms now are the way things always were (they’re not).
One such area of imbalance today is the roles/expressions of masculinity and femininity. This is a very recent phenomenon.
Here are some thoughts on restoring masculinity—even in worship.
Make the Bible Your Final Authority
I grew up in a church where the Bible wasn’t central. Both at home and in the pews, God’s Word wasn’t our primary source of truth.
After graduating from high school, I attended a “Christian” university in a nearby city. In one of my first classes called “Judeo-Christian Life and Thought,” the professor quietly but confidently proclaimed that “God was dead” and “the Bible was filled with many errors and historical myths.”
I ditched that college after a year and traveled to New Zealand where godly people taught me about the primacy of God’s Book–the Bible. Under their wise discipleship, I made it my “Book of books.”
Fifty-years later, God’s written Word is still my truth-seeking GPS in all things.
Make the Bible your final authority.