These five are listed by the number of comments each received.
1. Sharing My Story
Last night I had the opportunity to share the story of my recovery, transformation, and how I came to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as we understand him (step 3). However, I did not get to finish. Four people listening to me speak, interrupted me and ask me to stop because I could not talk about Jesus – the God of my understanding.
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2. A self admitted rant
You are an object to be pursued. You are not a person, but another mark on our bed posts – pun intended. We don’t want to really be your friend, but we are good at pretending like we are. We don’t really care about you or all of your silly problems, but we will listen – up to a point. You’re not like us.
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3. Sunday Reflections
Ever wondered why people choose to come to your church? I do. One reason that I do is that I take a look around at other churches. I do this, not to compare ourselves, not because I am envious, and not because we are trying to be like them. Rather, I take a look around and wonder. I wonder why do people come to this church?
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4. Sharing My Story (2)
As I posted on Tuesday, I had the opportunity (I was asked) to share the story of my transformation from a junkie because of my decision to follow Jesus at a local narcotics anonymous meeting. During my talk, I was interrupted and could not continue. I knew that this group of people are antagonistic to the Gospel at best and welcomed this chance to speak of my relationship with Jesus.
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5. Law and Gospel
Today I am working on some final edits of my sermon for Sunday – part 4 of The Gospel Centered Life Series: “Law and Gospel.” We are considering the Gospel’s relationship to the law asking questions like: What is the law? Does God expect me to obey it? What is the purpose of the law? How does the law help me to believe the Gospel? How does the Gospel help me obey the law? These are the Guestions before us tonight.
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