Not really . . .
I did want to write about the fear of man, however. The Bible talks a lot about fearing God. This is something that we should do, and it is something that every Christian does, even if imperfectly.
The Bible also talks about the fear of man. This is not good for two reasons: 1) It keeps us from fearing God, 2) It means that we need and use people in an unhealthy way, and therefore we are not free to love them (while fearing God alone).
Ed Welch has written a great book that I will continue to come back to - When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man.
The guys over at 9Marks Ministries have an interesting and helpful article on this; I enjoyed it . . . http://9marks.org/CC/article/0,,PTID314526%7CCHID598014%7CCIID2448356,00.html
Thursday, November 13, 2008
My 100th Post!!! First Person to Comment Gets a Calfskin Leather ESV Bible!!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Can't We Move On From Talk of Abortion?
As even many Christians today seek to minimize the issue of abortion, I am reminded that we cannot follow suit in this path. We have elected a president who is an extreme supporter of abortion-rights. I just found out that even Dallas Theological Seminary's most well-known professor supported the election of Barack Obama.
Yet, as with other crucial issues, the issue of abortion will - as it has been - be minimized if not cast against the larger backdrop of issues of life and life in Christ.
I had heard much about a chapel sermon that I missed earlier this semester (Many people in the blogosphere have commented on it). I finally listened to it today, and I am glad to have done so.
Russell Moore has served the church in this message - "Joseph of Nazareth Is a Single-Issue Evangelical: The Father of Jesus, the Cries of the Helpless, and Change You Can Believe In" (Matt. 2:13-23).
Check it out!