1. Denomination?
2. What part of the country?
3. How many times a week?
4. Traditional or Contempory?
5. Which version of the Bible did you read (KJV, NIV, Etc.....)?
6. Small Church or large Church?
7. Anything else?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Context, Concept and perception
Where were you born?
What is your sex?
What foods do you like?
What denomination are you?
What race are you?
Were you raised in the suberbs?
Where you raised in the country?
CONTEXT.............
Although Jews of whatever persuasion shared a common loyalty to the Mosaic Law (in Hebrew, Torah), first century Judaism was marked by considerable diversity. The principal groups were the Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots and Essenes.
Who was right?
The Calvinists believe in the T.U.L.I.P (google it if you have not seen it)
The Arminisist believe in choice
Etc.....
Who is right?
We have to filter the facts first.
1. There is a God
2. We are not Him
3. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin named Mary
4. He lived for 33 years and 6 months
5. He was killed
6. He rose again three days later
7. he told us He is coming back (HE HAS NEVER LIED BEFORE)
How do you read this? How do you know you are right?
Is God really Jesus?
Does God come in other forms?
Now remember - strip away your context, grab your Bible and read it for yourself.
Enter it with an open mind and bring its culture into your culture, then what do you have?
Part 3 coming soon
What is your sex?
What foods do you like?
What denomination are you?
What race are you?
Were you raised in the suberbs?
Where you raised in the country?
CONTEXT.............
Although Jews of whatever persuasion shared a common loyalty to the Mosaic Law (in Hebrew, Torah), first century Judaism was marked by considerable diversity. The principal groups were the Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots and Essenes.
Who was right?
The Calvinists believe in the T.U.L.I.P (google it if you have not seen it)
The Arminisist believe in choice
Etc.....
Who is right?
We have to filter the facts first.
1. There is a God
2. We are not Him
3. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin named Mary
4. He lived for 33 years and 6 months
5. He was killed
6. He rose again three days later
7. he told us He is coming back (HE HAS NEVER LIED BEFORE)
How do you read this? How do you know you are right?
Is God really Jesus?
Does God come in other forms?
Now remember - strip away your context, grab your Bible and read it for yourself.
Enter it with an open mind and bring its culture into your culture, then what do you have?
Part 3 coming soon
Monday, September 14, 2009
Context, Concept and Precept
Context is everything.....
The airline announced a 45 minute delay and everybody on board was getting ticked. By the time they got to Sacramento, the flight attendant explained that there would be another 45 minute delay. People could get off and walk around and reboard in 30 minutes.
Everybody got off the plane except for one man who was blind. He regularly traveled on this airline and the pilot knew him. The pilot called him by name and said, “Keith, we’re in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs for awhile?”
Keith replied, “No thanks, but maybe my dog, Roy, would like to stretch his legs.”
Picture this: All the people in the gate area came to a completely quiet standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with the Seeing Eye dog. The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.
People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were trying to change airlines!!
Context is everything... Including what we percieve and believe about GOD..... Part 2 coming soon
The airline announced a 45 minute delay and everybody on board was getting ticked. By the time they got to Sacramento, the flight attendant explained that there would be another 45 minute delay. People could get off and walk around and reboard in 30 minutes.
Everybody got off the plane except for one man who was blind. He regularly traveled on this airline and the pilot knew him. The pilot called him by name and said, “Keith, we’re in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs for awhile?”
Keith replied, “No thanks, but maybe my dog, Roy, would like to stretch his legs.”
Picture this: All the people in the gate area came to a completely quiet standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with the Seeing Eye dog. The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.
People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were trying to change airlines!!
Context is everything... Including what we percieve and believe about GOD..... Part 2 coming soon
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Me, Angry?
So, i posted on my facebook this quote,
A friend of mine responded by saying "You seem angry".
I don't think I am. Or, maybe i am.
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a husband. I am a dad. Anything other than that is just extra.
For the last nearly 20 years of being a preacher/pastor, I got so caught up in all of the extra stuff that goes on in Church. When I pastored at CrossPoint, I could not wait to tell someone that we had 180 on a Sunday Morning.
It was an ego stroke to me.
Am I angry?
Well, if being disgusted by all of the egotistic pastors, leaders, and so forth keep using their status to say "Hey, I am the man", in so many words, then yes I am angry. That breaks the heart of God.
Do we really think He is impressed with how many we have at a Church service?
No, I do not think small rinky dink stalled out churches impress God either.
Its awesome to walk in ANY atmosphere that has a lot of people you like and see, who are there for the reason you are. (Church, a football game, a bar, a school event, etc...) but,
My whole point is... Who cares?????
I am a follower of Jesus Christ (who, by the way loves me more than I love Him) a husband and a dad.
Those are the things that He is impressed with. That I take the daily challenge of a smile and share it with people.
Am I angry. Well, maybe.... naaaa, just glad I'm not the insecure pastor I used to be.
By the way, I don't like Ohio State either :)
Randy G. Wood Is it really a big deal to say "we had a huge crowd at Church today"? Just curious, because the USC - Ohio State game had over 100,000 people last night.
A friend of mine responded by saying "You seem angry".
I don't think I am. Or, maybe i am.
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a husband. I am a dad. Anything other than that is just extra.
For the last nearly 20 years of being a preacher/pastor, I got so caught up in all of the extra stuff that goes on in Church. When I pastored at CrossPoint, I could not wait to tell someone that we had 180 on a Sunday Morning.
It was an ego stroke to me.
Am I angry?
Well, if being disgusted by all of the egotistic pastors, leaders, and so forth keep using their status to say "Hey, I am the man", in so many words, then yes I am angry. That breaks the heart of God.
Do we really think He is impressed with how many we have at a Church service?
No, I do not think small rinky dink stalled out churches impress God either.
Its awesome to walk in ANY atmosphere that has a lot of people you like and see, who are there for the reason you are. (Church, a football game, a bar, a school event, etc...) but,
My whole point is... Who cares?????
I am a follower of Jesus Christ (who, by the way loves me more than I love Him) a husband and a dad.
Those are the things that He is impressed with. That I take the daily challenge of a smile and share it with people.
Am I angry. Well, maybe.... naaaa, just glad I'm not the insecure pastor I used to be.
By the way, I don't like Ohio State either :)
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