Archive for September, 2005

Judge Your Church

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

We have all judged churches at some point. Whether or not we were “church shopping” or just visiting a church, we have judged them. How have we judged them? I think most Americans judge church on the following standards….
* Size of congregation and/or building
* Quality and number of programs (children, student, adult ministries)
* Ability of [...]

Christian School Expels Girl

Monday, September 26th, 2005

On Thursday, September 23rd, a 14 year old girl named Shay Clark was expelled from the Christian school she was attending in Ontario, California. The reason for her expulsion might surprise you. Or maybe disgust you.
In a letter written to Tina Clark, the biological mother of Shay, Superintendent Leonard Stob stated “Your family does [...]

Church - Information business

Friday, September 16th, 2005

The Church (which is you and I), is in the INFORMATION business — Informing people about Christ, about themselves, about others, etc.
What if God were to give the us a global communication tool capable of reaching the entire world? Would we utilize this powerful tool, or let it go unused? Well guess what… [...]

Faith - Hebrews 11:1

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

Faith - Heb. 11:1
The Bible says this about faith: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,”. The dictionary says faith is “confident belief in the truth.” These are great comments on faith. [...]