Here is another installment in my sermon series on Colossians. I’m almost done with the book, one more sermon to preach, and will post the rest of the sermons periodically. You can find all the sermon on this blog by clicking on the “Sermons” category on the right side of the screen. I really enjoyed [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Sermon: Colossians 1:15-20, “The Supremacy of Christ”
Posted in Church, Religion, Sermons, tagged colossians, sermon, supremacy of Christ on October 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
To See Ourselves As Others See Us
Posted in Insipidity, Uncategorized, tagged appearances, self-examination, soul-searching on October 25, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I remember reading a John Donne poem about a man who was sitting in church. In front of him was a very rich woman, dressed in the finest of clothes, radiating class and beauty. She was very much the bees knees and thought very highly of herself. But as he sat there [...]
The power of personal discipleship.
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged Bill Hybels, personal discipleship, Willow Creek on October 23, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I’ve been saying for a long time that the key to the church being effective is for it to rely less on programs and gimmicks and talk more about discipleship and personal growth. For that I was told that I was just “jealous” of the big churches.
Today I read in Leadership magazine that Bill Hybels [...]
Poor, Poor, Jealous Mark Driscoll
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged contentment, Joel Osteen, Mark Driscoll, prosperity gospel, word of faith on October 22, 2007 | 7 Comments »
No, not really. But I’m sure that there will be folks out there who will accuse Mark of being “jealous” because he is taking Joel Osteen’s message of Prosperity-Word of Faith Theology to task. Yeah, right. Watch this clip, it’s an awesome message that shows that the Christian life is not just [...]
False Teachers are Nice Guys
Posted in Church, Religion on October 21, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Found this great video clip from Desiring God over on the Heart of Flesh blog… very accurate and very scary; his examples are historical, but it doesn’t take a lot of searching to see this playing out in the present day. John Piper is pointing out that the bible tells us that false teachers will [...]
Hitting the Sweet Spot
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged baptism, discouragement, ministry on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t golf very much… probably twice in the last 5 years. As a result (or maybe as a cause), I’m not very good at it. Oh, I can get the ball down the fairway and into the hole, it just usually takes me twice as many swings as the average golfer. [...]
What’s the Point of Pointing Out
Posted in Church, Media, Religion, tagged Christianity, Church, criticism, discernment ministry, false doctrine, false teachers on October 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
You might think of this as a follow-up to my “Jealousy Card” post. It seems that whenever someone points out the error of a well-known preacher or church– either in doctrine or practice– someone is quick to jump up and accuse the criticizer of jealousy. That’s such a lame charge to make and [...]
Playing the “Jealousy Card”
Posted in Church, Media, Religion, tagged jealousy, jealousy card, Joel Osteen, megachurch, megachurch criticism on October 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In political parlance there is often talk of someone playing the “race card” to shut down conversation. A person is convicted of some crime and there is discussion about what the penalty should be. Then the “race card” is played: the charge is made that the person is only being prosecuted because of their race. [...]
IWJO is the new WWJD?
Posted in Church, Insipidity, Media, Religion, tagged Joel Osteen, Joel osteen fan club, yikes on October 17, 2007 | 9 Comments »
In my previous post I made a remark about a “Joel Osteen fan club”. I was just kidding about such a thing, but then got wondering if there were such a thing. Well, a Goodsearch of “Joel Osteen fan club” did not turn up such a thing.
Then I read about this site while reading A [...]
Laughing all the way to the bank.
Posted in Church, Insipidity, Media, Religion, tagged critics, evangelicalism, Joel Osteen on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here lately Joel Osteen has been all over the evangelical blogosphere. Most of the comments have not been very complimentary, to say the least. I got thinking about all that and wondered if Joel ever trolls around the internet to see what folks are saying about him. Other than a few people who are accusing [...]
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