“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will… Continue reading A Living Sacrifice: Dead Men Walking
Taking care of your house first so you are able to take care of others is a Biblical principle, and it is a principle our government has failed to live up to.
“My anger is hot against the shepherds,and I will punish the leaders;for the LORD of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.From him shall come the cornerstone,from him the tent peg,from him the battle bow,from him every ruler—all of them together.They shall be like… Continue reading A Call to Godly Mighty Men
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his… Continue reading There is no neutral
I, Geoff Lightsey, do hereby resign from caring what the world thinks. Regrettably, I have spent too much time being concerned with how the world might react to what I do and say, but no more. I will say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done. This resignation is not… Continue reading Letter of Resignation to the World
Society has raised this issue to the point that something has to be said. To say nothing is to acquiesce.
One of the arguments from the world is there is no 'absolute truth'. Truth is highly subjective; your truth, my truth, his truth, their truth. This, of course, means the Bible is cruel and wrong because it claims to be the truth, the word of God. There are some basic problems with this reasoning that… Continue reading There Are Absolutely No Absolutes?
This is from a resolution that was presented at Jurisdictional Conferences of The United Methodist Church: "WHEREAS the existing global structure of The United Methodist Church has historically prohibited each region from effectively tailoring its ministry to its specific local context" Did you catch that little phrase? "tailoring its ministry" Let me put it simply,… Continue reading The Gospel Doesn’t Change For Your Context
I believe this begs some questions. I think it is important to evaluate our own thoughts and actions to determine if we are doing things correctly or could be better. Am I crazy or are they crazy? Is inclusiveness the goal? I know we are to be kind, and we all want to be nice, so is inclusiveness the thing we are to do? If we are to be inclusive, then how far are we to be inclusive as to not be exclusive to those who are not inclusive? Was Jesus inclusive? Are we as Christians supposed to be inclusive?
I hear people from time to time bemoan modern worship because it manipulates the emotions. That’s a fair point, some “worship” music is quite trance inducing. I’m not discussing the tranciness of the music here, maybe another time, but the question of whether manipulating our emotions through music is a bad thing. So, in… Continue reading Does Modern Worship Manipulate Our Emotions?
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