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What I Learned in Church Today: Romans 10:1-13
What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith; but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at...
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What I Learned In Church Today: The Devil Made Me Do It
I know the title is pretty inflammatory and I’m deliberately exaggerating this part of what was taught in Sunday school today because it’s one of those things about the Church that really bugs me....
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If you love something…
If you want something very, very badly, let it go free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, it was never yours to begin with. -attributed to Jess Lair (1969) I can identify with...
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What I Learned in Church Today: The “Lost” in the Church
When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning...
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What I Learned in Church Today: Christians Approaching Sinai
In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of...
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What I Learned in Church Today: Christians and Deuteronomy 5
When I go to Jerusalem, I still get goosebumps. -Pastor Randy That was the good news in church today (as I write this). Pastor was talking about how God put His Name in Jerusalem making it the most...
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The Consequences of Disagreeing
Learn to disagree without creating an unpleasant argument. A mature disagreement is when two people both listen carefully to the other’s position in order to understand the position and why the person...
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Apologies and Farewell to Church
If the Shofar is sounded in the city, will the populace not tremble? -Amos 3:6 The blow of a Shofar is a call to arouse us from the lethargy of routine in which we have been immersed and to stimulate...
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The Lone Wolf and the Elders
Just listened to a little of David Rudolph’s sermon entitled “Why Zakenim??” About 13 minutes into it, he mentions that there are some One Law interlopers at Tikvat causing trouble. What kind of...
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Upon Considering a Virtual Community
Viktor Frankl, a Jewish physician who spent the years of the Second World War in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Dachau, related, “I remember my dilemma in a concentration camp when faced with...
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The Return of the Pesky Challenge
Every other Sunday, a friend of mine and I have coffee together and talk about whatever. Some of what we discuss is religion (his beliefs are close but not exactly the same as mine), but we talk about...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part One
Where is the Church that Jesus said He would build? Where can I find the abundant life that He talked about? Where can I fit in and find real, unforced relationships? Where is the living water that my...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Two
Why is it that people who have been wounded in church will still be talking about their wounds years later? Why can people forgive a betraying friend or experience a business meltdown and move on with...
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Commentary on the Command to Fellowship: A Jewish Interpretation of Hebrews...
Yesterday, reader ProclaimLiberty (PL) commented on how he understands the meaning of Hebrews 10:25. Later, I responded by quoting Hebrews 10:23-25 and describing how I understand those verses. The...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Three
Snakebites are common to humanity. Jesus said, “Offences come” (Matthew 18:7 KJV). Offenses do come! The tragic thing is that they often come through the people with whom we are closest. -Pastor Chris...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Four
The Talmud (Makkot 10b) states that a person will be led on the path that he truly wants to travel on. What path is this for you? How far along this path will you go? This depends on your enthusiasm...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Five
“They didn’t want to talk about it.” “They said there’s really no point in meeting to discuss it.” “I guess it’s best if we just move on.” -Pastor Chris Jackson from Chapter 9: Your Pastor Loving God...
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Of Dissonance and Hashkafah
Hashkafah is a great Hebrew word without an exact English equivalent. Your hashkafah is your worldview. The term is often used when referring to one’s personal worldview as regards to religion and...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Six
Do you think of yourself as a leader? -Pastor Chris Jackson from Chapter 13: A Leader Who Lost His Cutting Edge Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church: Opening the Door to Healing Continued from...
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Review of Loving God When You Don’t Love the Church, Part Seven (The Final...
When He made the world, He made two ways to repair each thing: With harshness or with compassion. With a slap or with a caress. With darkness or with light. “And G‑d looked at the light and saw that it...
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