Paul in the New Testament tells us that all christians are “members of one body” and that when one suffers, we all should suffer with them as well as when one rejoices, we all should rejoice with them. I saw this graphic this week from Persecution.com. It shows 52 countries that Christians are persecuted or at least spread of the gospel comes with consequences. Check out their site. Find ways to pray for and support the Christians in these countries.
In Sex, Lies and Religion, Randy Elrod gains my attention by asking “Have you ever had an experience with God that exceeds your most wild and fulfilling sexual moment? If the answer is no, you are not alone.”
I’d have to admit that for most of the first half of the book, I was lost as [...]
For nearly 1500 years, liturgy such as Ash Wednesday and Lent and other sacramentals were a norm in all Christianity until the Reformation in the mid to late 1500′s. For me, I grew up totally unaware of such traditions. Certainly our Baptist church had it’s own traditions and traditions aren’t necessarily bad. Each denomination or [...]
