Category: Youth

Music and theology

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by Russel Cairns -M.Th.

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How has song and music been used overtime to express Christian theology and faith?

Music and song are a God created means of expressing our deepest emotions, feelings, faith and praise before God. The people of God throughout all time, regardless of location, have always expressed their faith through music and song. As Gelineau writes, ?The Christian liturgy was born singing and it has never ceased to sing.?? Yet long before the birth of Christ song and music was regarded as one of the most fundamental constituents of worship and has continued through the history of the church. Song/music was seen as a rite in the same way as prayer and communion to the point that Augustine remarked, outside scriptural reading and bishop praying,
?..is there any time when the faithful assembled in church are not singing? Truly I see nothing better, more useful or more holy that they could do.? Continue reading “Music and theology” →

Why Are Teenagers Tired?

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?Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator
of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.? Isaiah 40: 28-31

?And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.? Acts 20:9

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We live very interesting times. Many times I look to the young people and they look so bored, so tired, so lifeless? when it?s about doing something for the Lord and for others. Continue reading “Why Are Teenagers Tired?” →

Facing My Weaknesses

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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” →

Facing My Goliath

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by John Urs

Every dayEvery 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” →

Why Salt and Light ?

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by John Urs

Salt& LightWe 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!