I put a few thoughts together before the election, but never got around to posting them. Now that the results are in, it seems like it’s still worth posting, so here goes…

1. Over the last four years, Grace Fellowship has been immeasurably more impactful to my life than the White House. I have no reason to suspect that the next four years will be any different, and that’s as it should be.

2. In John 19:11, Jesus said to Pilate, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.” That’s been true of every elected official who has served and led us, and it’s just as true of the

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A stirring reminder from CatholicVote.com

This is one issue that both Protestant and Roman Catholic can agree on: every child conceived has a right to live!

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We are in week 2 of our “Church Works” series. Last week we uncovered the dynamic that when we know who we are as a church we can live the way we were meant to live as a church. Today, we continue in considering what it means to be an authentic and, therefore, recognizable church. Are there signs of life that every church gives off? What are those bottom-line signs of life that any and every true church will display?

Today, we will point out these signs of life and in the process we will gain a greater understanding what it means to be a church.

 

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Remember this exchange from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters?

Q: Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?

A: Ah, if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.

It’s funny because, obviously, we don’t decide to believe things because of money. We believe things because we have good reasons to think that they are true.

I mean, if I told you I’d give you a million dollars if you would just believe that humans can fly, would that be enough to get you to believe it? You might say you believe it, but what if

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The Grace Fellowship Leadership Team answers your questions.

Q1 (2:23): How does the leadership of Grace Fellowship view Sabbath requirements regarding work and rest? Some of these questions might stretch us.

Q2 (12:20): In the series Making Fruitfullness a Priority, Dan taught that remaining in Christ means to continue in His teaching. Does that mean that all Christians will believe the same thing? Where is there the balance to have different views but still be considered to remain in Christ’s teaching? Also we are told that when the Holy Spirit comes He will guide us into all truth. What does this mean? Does it relate to remaining in Christ?

Q3 (31:58): …

 

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