Linkathon!
What 9 common “church phrases confused you the most growing up?
The first warning to remain faithful…
God’s quiet presence in our lives…
Matt Redmond’s random thoughts this week…
The ministry of suffering and the weeping God…
The book of Revelation is not about the Rapture…
Chaplains become first phase of disaster relief…
Evangelism as an invitation to the journey…
Protecting borders was also the excuse for the Japanese interment…
The church and mental health…what do the numbers tell us?
The abuse trial of Tom Chantry continues…
A good report…good article on journalism…
Luther’s anxiety of the heart and todays despair…
John Calvin’s aversion to being remembered…
Carl Trueman on the real problem with the Revoice conference…
Why calls for discipleship make us feel guilty…
You can’t have racial justice without a bloody cross…
How to live the defeated Christian life…
Five things to look for in a new church…when #3 is excommunication you might want to skip the last two and keep looking…
Spiritual renewal for the dog days of summer…
New religious liberty task force…
Huge thanks to EricL for the link help whilst working on a new project for us…support him at top right…
Matt Redmond speaks my language, “If Jesus were easy to understand, He would not be worthy of our worship.” I agree!
The older I get, the more convinced I am that Jesus is worthy of worship. And yet, the older I get, the more difficult Jesus is to categorize or neatly label. Both are true to me!
Love the “church phrases” link.
“Hedge of protection” Translation: Protect me and mine but screw everyone else….
“Traveling mercies”…. huh?
Matt is one of my favorite people…period.
Just a very real, good, guy…
JoelG,
I thought that one would get some attention…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sessions-announces-religious-liberty-task-force/ar-BBLgheH?ocid=sf
The “Luther anxiety of the heart” sure hits home. I struggle with “Anfechtung” on a regular basis. I am meant to be a Lutheran, I think.
Anfechtung Baby!
Thanks for the links guys
One more… I can’t recommend “God’s Quiet Presence” enough… so good and helpful.
Always love reading Matt R’s random thoughts. His takedown of American Discipleship (TM) married to business principles was priceless. I had my own run-in with a long-ago-trash-container-filler book about discipleship that was written by a businessman. Couldn’t barely stomach it. Best/worst passage of book was where said author said “christian men’s groups should but stock in Denny’s because they are popular meet-up locations for men’s groups” or something to that effect.
Church phrases: phrase I despise the most is “love on”. Close second…”ask Jesus into your heart”…what about the brain?
I grew up with zero spiritual input from my family or friends, only attending Greek Ortho weddings and funerals, where the priests spoke greek. At easter, the Greek side of my family would say Christos Anesti (Christ is risen), which I assumed meant that they believed that Jesus went to Heaven when He died.
His Resurrection was explained to me at age 19 by a fellow longshoreman while working a ship. I probably said “what???” 50 times. It was the beginning of the (good) end for me.
“Church phrases”
reminded of the scene from Iron Giant where Hogarth goes full-on Pentecostal at dinner
youtube.com/watch?v=ydMwnnhLnLU