Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book, including excerpts, can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Day 3: Why Paul Rarely Quoted Jesus - Paul only quoted Jesus three times - Acts... Continue Reading →
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book, including excerpts, can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Day 2: Getting Beyond Vampire Christianity (Transformation as Transfusion) - Christians seem to want to... Continue Reading →
It is Sunday, what are you doing on the computer? Turn it off and go rest, or go play with your kids, or go worship, or go get some fresh air. Unplug as much as possible and see what else God is doing in the world around you.
This past week's memory verse was Galatians 5:1 - “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” How did you do? Did you follow these steps to memorize it? Monday: Read the verse five times Tuesday: Write the... Continue Reading →
Blog: Don't Eat The Fruit - A blog about technology and faith Challenge: The Simplified Church challenges each of its members to spend at least five minutes on their spiritual health Article: A homeless strategy that might work. Tweet: @FrankViola Jesus never told us "Whoever dies with the most religious knowledge wins." Music: Blessed by... Continue Reading →
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Day 1: A Case of Theological Malpractice (Salvation is Also A Life) - American Christianity seems... Continue Reading →
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Forward By Dallas Willard - American Christianity focuses more on the intellect rather... Continue Reading →
Since I presented the Christian Life Hackers Guide to Lent last week I have been praying for God to show me what I needed to do fast from during the Lenten season. I believe that God had something else in mind. Through the DBU library, I had put in an interlibrary loan request a few... Continue Reading →
Dallas Willard says that the first freedom that humans possess is where "they will place their mind." In other words, no matter our situation or circumstance our minds can still dwell on good, positive things. I am not concerned with the power of positive thinking but the power of God thinking. Willard goes on to... Continue Reading →
Last week, we began a challenge to memorize a verse a week. This week's verse is Galatians 5:1. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Here again is the step by step schedule for memorizing this... Continue Reading →
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