Tomorrow we finish our study of Daniel. What a life that guy lived! For the past couple months, one of the postures we have seen Daniel take, time and time again, is that of kneeling in prayer. Daniel is a Jedi master of prayer. We’ll look at chapters 9 and 10, which play this outContinue reading “Prayer and the Spirit World”
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Dreams and Visions
I admittedly gave Phil Bartelt a tough assignment this weekend. Phil is preaching at Faith Church because I was at Dads-n-Lads camp with my son Jared at Twin Pines for the better part of the week. Phil is preaching on four chapters in Daniel. 7, 8, 11, 12. Check them out, and you’ll see whyContinue reading “Dreams and Visions”
Civil Disobedience
Maybe you had to read Thoreau’s paper on Civil Disobedience in high school or college. It is a transcendentalist classic work of American literature. Here is a brief summary. Have you ever practiced civil disobedience? I’ve heard of people who rationalize not paying taxes. I’ve heard of people who try to pay their electric billContinue reading “Civil Disobedience”
How do you feel about job evaluations?
It is summertime, and among many other things we do every summer at Faith Church (like the 4th of July picnic at Long’s Park, VBS and summer camp at Twin Pines), we also do staff evaluations. Usually I bring along a ministry volunteer that serves with the particular staff member, and we talk with themContinue reading “How do you feel about job evaluations?”