And they continued steadfastly in the apostles? doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:42
We live a time of prosperity and freedom, especially in USA. We got so used with shopping options, that these become our second nature. When we want to buy something we have to make a lot of When decisions and relate our decision to price, quality, brand, etc. All these decisions have something in common: our benefit. Continue reading “Shopping for the perfect…church”
by Florentin Clipa
Spiritual mentoring is essentially a reflective process. Discuss the benefits and dangers of this form of ministry in the contemporary church.
Reflection is at the core in the ministry of the church, and implicitly at the core of practical theology because everything that men do, especially the Christians in their activities, must do it with a sound thinking, more precisely a theological reflection. This work attempts to show the role of reflection on practice in the ministry, the way it eveloped and grew with special emphasis on spiritual mentoring which is essentially a reflective process. To understand it well, it?s necessary to look closely on the nature of spiritual mentoring and the benefits and dangers that come into discussion. Continue reading “Reflection on Practice”
by John Urs
?Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab?s anger was aroused against David, and he said, ?Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.?
?And Saul said to David, ?You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.? (1 Sam 17:28,33)
You can?t do it! You?re not the right person! It?s impossible! You just can?t! Can?t you see the reality?
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?Are these familiar words to you? Continue reading “Facing My Weaknesses”
by John Urs
Every day is a challenge for every Christian and Nonchristian, but sometimes is more than this…
Today it was a very special day for me.
Through the benevolence of? www.sermoncentral.com I’ve had the privilege to be part of one hour phone conference with Christian pastor and author Max Lucado. Of course the message was about facing our giants.
I was really touched and I can’t hide my feelings and joy from you my friends. As each one of you I have my own battles to fight with my own giants, but today I understood once again that I can win this battle not because of my abilities – but because of my God. Continue reading “Facing My Goliath”
by John Urs
We live in a time of tremendous progress but in the same time of a tremendous moral degradation and ethical confusion. Today it is so difficult to make a distinction between right and wrong because the only moral bench-mark is the man itself and his selfish ideas.
You’ll say: “This is good, because this is a sign of a mature and free society.” In a way I can’t deny that, but unfortunately humanity proved more than once in her history that the humans can’t be objective and that’s why somebody’s freedom means somebody’s oppression and offense.
Jesus was the only one who declared the existence of an objective truth and this truth is God himself. That’s why we need to find answers for our life and behavior relating to this unchanging and objective truth.
When you’ll know the truth the truth will set you free and you’ll become more than what you’ll ever imagine: the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
The purpose of salt is to stop the process of entropy, to preserve this earth and keep it morally clean and make it a nice home for our temporary travel. The purpose of light is to enlighten the human spirit to give the man the status he had before darkness started to take over his soul, and to make him a witness of the fact that the real light can’t be found in the darkness of this age but in Jesus.
In other words the purpose of this ministry is to help people like you to make a difference in your own life and the life of others.
So help us God!
by John Urs
“That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.” Psalm 92:7
In these last days the mass media was almost obsessive repeating two names again and again: Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears. Continue reading “The Deceitfulness of Sin”
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