Monthly Archives: January 2011

People need rituals. God doesn’t so much, but people do. Love Consider a young couple. The young man embraces his girl friend and for the first time says, “I love you.” She hugs him, smiles, kisses him passionately, and the … Continue reading →

Inspired by HistoryGuy’s suggestion, I thought I’d try out Theoblogger’s polling feature. I don’t intend to be unfair in my list of options. If I need to add more, let me know.

From a post by Philip Nation regarding worship leaders – 1. Just sing the song. 2. We don’t sing La-La-La 3. Open your eyes. 4. Stop singing in the key of “Tomlin.” 5. We only know 4/4 time. 6. Plan … Continue reading →

Consider – 1. We are called to serve, not to be served. (Mat 20:25-28 ESV) 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones … Continue reading →

Ed Stetzer is a popular author of books on church growth and church planting and a consultant to the Southern Baptist Convention on these things. He speaks at Christian programs around the world. And he has a keen sense of … Continue reading →

We who grew up in the 20th Century Churches of Christ were taught that the Spirit is not received at baptism. The “gift of the Holy Spirit” is salvation. Or maybe it’s the “ordinary” indwelling — which doesn’t do all … Continue reading →

Theories We’re not finished. We have to work through Ephesians, Colossians, and some more beyond them. But I’m in the mood to consider what conclusions we might tentatively draw so far. We could wait to consider the other passages, but … Continue reading →

A short post. 2 Samuel Chapter 7 Once David established Jerusalem as his capitol, David asked the prophet Nathan whether God would approve the building of a temple. Until this time, the ark and sacrifices were all at the tabernacle, … Continue reading →

Different details of the return of the ark to Jerusalem are recorded in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. 2 Samuel gives more details about Michal’s reaction. 2 Chronicles gives more details about the ceremony itself. I’ll skip back and forth … Continue reading →

I’m not sure the picture above is entirely historically accurate, but it certainly gives the right sense of things.