Loading ...Matthew | May 30, 2009
This is always an exciting time for hockey fans. I am excited because Sidney Crosby is back in it to win a cup. He is a Nova Scotia boy like myself. He is my favorite player in the league. It would be a dream come true if he played for Colorado. Even though, my team [...]
Matthew | May 29, 2009
Ever since moving to Colorado, I have been dreaming of climbing a fourteener. I have been working hard to be in shape to do this. Yesterday was the first attempt on climbing one of the giants of the West. A bunch of people from church left early in the morning to travel to the trail [...]
Matthew | May 27, 2009
Main Idea of the Text:
The purpose of the book was “to challenge pastors and church leaders to take bold steps, to dream big dreams, to take risks to accomplish more for God’s glory than they ever dreamed possible.”
The Three Top Ideas of Greatest Benefit:
1. There is a lot of wisdom in the line, “Those who [...]
Matthew | May 26, 2009
Coming from a non-Christian background, the issue of morality was confusing. There seemed to be varieties of different expressions of ethics within the church. Not that the major moral teachings were confusing, but it was the moral teachings that were not clearly stated in the Bible that caused questions. Not murdering [...]
Matthew | May 21, 2009
All congregations are built on the Lord Jesus Christ. All congregations seem to desire to follow the Bible. The interesting part is that most congregations have defining values. These defining values come from experiences from the past. A congregation can be removed fifty years from a painful or life-giving event, but the value has been [...]
Matthew | May 20, 2009
I have been working on an assessment of the Castle Rock church of Christ. In this report, I am looking back on the past with a view of the future. I am interviewing the members, the deacons, and the elders. Also, I am looking at the attendance and giving records. This is a interesting study [...]
Matthew | May 19, 2009
Main Idea of the Text: The book deals with the emotional stress of a woman in ministry during systemic change in a congregation. The manner that women deal with congregational change is different than the way a man will deal with transition.
The Three Top Ideas of Greatest Benefit:
One of the most relevant ideas was [...]
Matthew | May 18, 2009
The solution is not to resign the churches of Christ to “just another denomination.” The churches of Christ have a stronger plea than the rest of the religious world. The churches of Christ are unique in focus and perspective. Unlike the majority of denominations, the churches of Christ have a Biblically [...]
Matthew | May 15, 2009
Yesterday was a great day because of a hike to Devil’s Head. It is one of the smaller mountains in the Denver area. It is about 9866 feet. During the hike we went up about 3000 vertical feet which makes a person crave oxygen. The hike was bigger than a trip in nature but was [...]
Matthew | May 14, 2009
The old paradigm of “the American expression of the churches of Christ being the entirety of the church” or if the “churches of Christ are not the entirety of the church” is being replaced with a new mindset. The days of the “either/or” position is decreasing because of the skepticism within [...]
