Tag: sin

• Terrorists, Christians and the Walls that Divide Us

  Tuesday Re-mix: Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;     may your love and faithfulness always protect me. For troubles without number surround me;     my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head,     and my heart fails within me. Be pleased to save me, Lord;     come quickly, Lord, to help me.  Psalm 40:11-13 It was one…

  Blake

  April 15, 2014

  prayer, Spiritual Formation, The Church’s Influence

  bombs, Boston, brokenness, David, evil, fall, Giuliani, heroes, Joseph, marathon, Moses, murder, psalm 40, rape, scripture, sin, terrorist, worldview

• The Future of the Church…It’s Complicated

  “For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon,I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:10-11 Then the Lord said, “I have…

  Blake

  April 3, 2014

  conflict, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  brokenness, church, consequences, God, gospel, hardship, hope, human, Jeremiah 29, judgment, Numbers 14, pain, prosperity, sin, struggles, welfare

• Bright Ideas Doomed to Fail

  Monday Morning Quarterback – Encouraging God’s people to be responsible, encouraging and uplifting in their use of social media. I’ve not failed.  I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.  Thomas Edison, on his experiments with prototypes for the light bulb If I call myself a Christ-follower, and I’m not afraid to wear that label publicly, then…

  Blake

  February 3, 2014

  Church Communications, Monday Morning Quarterback

  candidate, church, commission, Edison, evangelism, facebook, fail, gospel, Jesus, lifestyle, lightbulb, Matthew 28, politics, sin, sinful, social media, truth, twitter