by Brian | Sep 23, 2016 | Missions
“The Lord is so good. And He has truly done this very thing for the children who are in the homes of Asifiwe Child Care. Some of them lived next to garbage dumps. Some of them played in the ashes. But now they are raised up out of that life and are “sitting with...
by Brian | Sep 21, 2016 | Spiritual Life
This follows nicely on our study from last night. Here’s some more on repentance from Thomas Oden: Repentance requires a decisive reversal of the previous sin-laden course of mind, heart, and will. The reversal does not occur without first a change of mind, a...
by Brian | Sep 20, 2016 | Monday Study Notes
Last night we took the evening to study through Psalm 32. Here are the notes: Psalm 32 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, Like several other Psalms, this one starts off...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2016 | Spiritual Life
What is repentance? And why does it matter? Here’s an excellent answer from Thomas Oden: Through the English word repentance carries the nuance of sorrow for what one has done, it does not as adequately imply reformation of character as does the Greek metanoia....
by Brian | Sep 14, 2016 | Evangelism
This is kind of long, (like 10 minutes) but really good. Watch a pretty courageous person walk around the streets of a city in Israel and read Isaiah 53 with Jewish people who don’t believe Jesus was the...
