Doctrine Tree
Aug 30, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Thinking
//NOISE: Dick Kaufman teaching
I found a little bit of wireless, so hopefully this will post. If not, I’ll post it later. David Fairchild gave us a great diagram that fit with my message last week. Thought I’d share it here. Let me know if you need more explanation. Click on it for a larger image:
Sign of the Day
Aug 29, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
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Read the top line.
Quote of the Day 2
Aug 29, 2006 Quotes
//MOOD: My Ears Hurt
//NOISE: Scott Thomas Talking
“The Church at Corinth was a mess! Paul should have poisoned the communion wine and called it a good day. Instead, he called them to a holy lifestyle.”
- Scott Thomas
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Aug 29, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
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“Virtually all the great evangelistic challenges of the New Testament are basically calls to plant churches, not simply to share the faith.” – Tim Keller
My Window
Aug 29, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Great
//NOISE: Nothing
Here’s the view out my window this morning:
Pray for me today. We’re just getting to know these guys and figuring out if there is a good way to partner together.
BTW, here’s the conference I am at: Church Planting Boot Camp
And here’s the sponsor: Acts 29.
True Beauty
Aug 28, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Great
//NOISE: Coley and Ethan playing Transformers
I think I need this.
Congrats, Kiefer
Aug 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Elated
//TIVO: Emmys
Congrats to Kiefer Sutherland for winning the best actor Emmy and 24 for the Best Drama. We never doubted it for an instant…
…or you would have had us killed.
BTW, did anyone else notice who was notably missing when the cast got on the stage?
Point of Clarification
Aug 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Thinking
//ITUNES: Spiderman Theme from the album “Babalu” by Michael Buble
OK, let me say that this weekend was a blast. It was good to dive back into teaching, especially the book of Titus, which I was very excited about. Dan’s band also did an amazing job and it was so fun to tell that church that we are going to be ordaining Dan in a few weeks and adding him to the pastoral team.
Something weird happened this weekend, though. If you weren’t at Riverview this weekend, this may not make any sense. So, you can skip this post if you wish.
Dan mentioned to me after the Saturday night message that I had inadvertently said that those who were insisting on circumcision for salvation in Crete “didn’t take Scripture seriously.” Well, that is definitely not true: if anything they were radically committed to the Bible. They just took part of it (the Old Testament) as stronger than the writings by Paul and the message of Jesus. They were wrestling with how to apply this new faith in light of their Jewish upbringing.
So, I made sure that I didn’t say that in the other services, but I think I flipped it too far in the other direction. I off-handedly said a few times (can’t remember in which services) that both the Legalists and the Ungodly in Crete were Christians. I’m not so sure that is true either.
This all came flooding into my head during the last service when I was teaching on this passage:
Titus 1:15-16
Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
The reason this struck me was the word “unbelieving.” It literally means “without faith” or “without belief.” That made me wonder if the people he was talking about were Christians or not.
I read different commentators and they have different opinions on this.
So, let me clarify:
Both the Legalistic and Ungodly people that Paul was referring to in Titus were in the church. That doesn’t necessarily mean they were Christians because every church has both Christians and non-Christians in it. And people who are Legalistic or Ungodly but claim to follow Jesus are a barrier to those around them who are not Christians. Because non-Christians see these people in the church and assume that they represent Jesus.
There are, therefore, 4 barriers (not just 2), Legalistic Non-Christians, Legalistic Christians, Ungodly Non-Christians, Ungodly Christians.
There is one thing we are all called to be: Godly Christians (or as I said this weekend “Razor’s Edge Christians”).
Hopefully this makes sense. I figured I’d post my thoughts on the blog first, so I could get comments from those of you who were there this weekend. Then, I will clarify everything next week to make sure everyone understands what I meant to say.
Good Parenting
Aug 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
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Matching
Aug 27, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
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