Are you an impostor? Are there impostors in your church? In part 1 of this series on Jude 1-16, we talked about impostors, and in this next post we’re going to learn a whole lot more about them. In verse 2 Jude gives the Christians a customary short blessing featuring mercy, peace and love, allContinue reading “Impostors in the church – Jude 1-16, Part 2”
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God’s love for me is determined by my behavior? [False ideas Christians believe about…God’s desires for Christians. Part 3]
How many of you have secretly wondered if we have sinned so badly that God actually doesn’t love you anymore? I remember when my grandmother was in hospice near the end of her life, and she had really struggled with anger, and with treating my grandfather with unkindness in those later years, in a momentContinue reading “God’s love for me is determined by my behavior? [False ideas Christians believe about…God’s desires for Christians. Part 3]”
3 reasons bad things happen [False ideas Christians believe about…God’s involvement in our lives. Part 2]
Does everything happen for a reason? Many people believe so, but as we discussed yesterday, sometimes things happen because of the kind of world we live. What do I mean by that? What kind of world do we live in? Our world demonstrates at least the following three tendencies that very much affect why thingsContinue reading “3 reasons bad things happen [False ideas Christians believe about…God’s involvement in our lives. Part 2]”
Love the sinner, hate the sin? [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 5]
Have you ever heard a Christian say, “love the sinner, hate the sin”? We hear that all the time. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. On the surface it sounds really good. We should be a people that love others no matter who they are. What could be wrong with that? If that was all itContinue reading “Love the sinner, hate the sin? [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 5]”
All sins are the same? [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 3]
This week I’ve started a blog series that will run for 11 weeks, in which we are fact checking ideas that Christians believe that might be totally false or at least partially so. This week we are looking at ideas about sin. Check out the first posts here and here that introduce the series andContinue reading “All sins are the same? [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 3]”
Attempting to define sin [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 2]
What are some of the famous phrases that you have heard about sin? Have you heard these phrases before? All sins are the same. No sin is worse than any other. Or it’s contrast, some sins are worse than others. Love the sinner, hate the sin. You might look at that list and think, “ButContinue reading “Attempting to define sin [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 2]”
Fact-checking our beliefs [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 1]
Did you know Napoleon wasn’t really short? Or that oil doesn’t keep pasta from sticking? Or that the whole right brain vs. left brain thing might not be true? I found this series of false facts from Readers Digest, and some are really surprising and fun. When you think about these facts, it reminds usContinue reading “Fact-checking our beliefs [False ideas Christians believe about…Sin. Part 1]”
How God feels about sinners…even the worst ones!
Can God save the worst sinner ever? Would he want to? You and I might not feel like the worst sinners ever in history, but we can often feel pretty guilty about our bad choices. In the middle of the guilt, we wonder, “How does God feel about us when we have screwed up?” AsContinue reading “How God feels about sinners…even the worst ones!”
Who was the worst sinner ever?
Have you committed a sin lately? Might be a question with an obvious answer “Yes!” because we all sin. Sometimes I hear people say that they sin all the time. Others I’ve heard say they don’t sin much. Whether many times a day or hardly at all, even one sin can have us feeling guilty. Continue reading “Who was the worst sinner ever?”
An Awkward Bible Story – Luke 7:36-50
There are some really awkward stories in the Bible. This past Sunday in our series teaching through Luke we came to one those stories. Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojKYm2UqFE When you read the story, if you’re like me you’ve heard it many times, and you have been accustomed to it, so you’ve already classified it inContinue reading “An Awkward Bible Story – Luke 7:36-50”
Engaging Scripture 