Mike Ratliff wrote in his recent blog about John 1: The first and foremost is that the purpose of Christ and Christianity is not primarily the Church, but the glory of God. I am convinced that most churches have become too self-focused and too much involved in keeping themselves afloat rather than just being about… Continue reading Words of Encouragement Needed
Category: Westminster Larger Catechism Study
Wisdom or Pragmatism?
Reading Mike Ratcliff’s blog post this morning I had several observations. Probably, more study is needed…. I like the illustration…..though long term relationships to people often keep people from leaving and rather they tolerate significant levels of change.…often starving for sound doctrine. What happens is that it creates churches that become revolving doors with those… Continue reading Wisdom or Pragmatism?
Conditions in the Church
I’m watching this short video this morning and decided to reflect on some of the false teaching actually mentioned in the Bible. https://youtu.be/ZrPKCmcArPQ Whether you agree with the intent or tone of the video. Hopefully we can agree that we do have problems. Just look back on the exposures over the past few years. I… Continue reading Conditions in the Church
humility and the Cross
My wife has me reading a small book TITLED humility by Andrew Murray. Yes that's right the title is in small caps. Anyway it's know to be a classic. Mike's article below also speaks about humility, and the passage where Jesus mentions taking up our cross. The main passage on this was: Take Up Your… Continue reading humility and the Cross
Rainbow Trout 