“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes – The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning I love this imagery. Today’s reading from Mark 4:26-29 reminded me of it. This is how God’s world works, He is present in and…
Category: general discussions
Reminder for today…
Do you talk about God with others?
When is the last time you have had a conversation about God with someone – outside of church? The Psalms encourage us to express what we are thinking and feeling about God. But outside of church settings, it seems awkward or inappropriate to talk about God. Some people bring up God in very unhelpful (pushy,…
Jesus holds everything together!
Laminin, God’s signature printed within you! “Christ is the exact likeness of God, who can’t be seen. He is first, and he is over all of creation. All things were created by him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He…
Take your pick, and choose WISELY!
According to Sam Harris, these are the only options. I was reading about C.S.Lewis ‘trilemma’, where he says that Jesus is either “Lunatic, Liar, or Lord”. Critics accuse Lewis of using questionable logic, ambiguous terms and false premises. I wonder if they also accuse Sam Harris of questionable logic, ambiguous terms and false premises. God…
Everything God does is good?
You are good, and what you do is good. (Psalm 119:68) I believe that behind the universe there exists a thoroughly good Being… God. God IS good, and therefore God DOES good; whatever God does is good. But this does not mean that everything that happens is good. The reason: this good God created a universe…
If Jesus was God, why did He say ‘No one is good but God alone’?
In Mark 10:17-22, Jesus is addressed as ‘Good Teacher’ by a spiritual seeker. ‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus answered. ‘No one is good – except God alone.’ (Mark 10:18) Christians claim that Jesus is God, so why did Jesus question His own goodness? Two possible reasons come to mind. First, Jesus is challenging a man…
If God is good, should we be afraid?
C. S. Lewis once remarked, “What do people mean when they say that they’re not afraid of God because they know that He is good? Have they never even been to the dentist?”
Celebrating God’s goodness!
Yesterday as a church we reflected on the goodness of God. We got so excited about the goodness of God that we started celebrating in the streets! You can watch the video here (that’s me in the baseball cap and hoody). OK, well maybe we weren’t as energized as this, but we could have been!…
“This is gonna shut your mouth!”
This is amazing, it’s definitely worth 10 minutes of your time, more! You have heard of Oprah Winfrey, and Pastor Rick Warren, but maybe not of Nick Vujicic. Well watch this video and you will know who he is, and his AMAZING message of hope! According to Oprah, ‘this is gonna shut your mouth!” The theme…