Tag: Deuteronomy 6

  • The Correct Focus of Specialized Ministry

    The Correct Focus of Specialized Ministry

    Tonight, we are having an interest meeting for our new youth and family ministry. So, before we have some conversation about what we want to see and how we want to be able to serve teenagers and parents and kids, I want to read from the Scriptures and make some points about the goal of…

  • Another School Shooting: I think we’ve missed the mark

    Another School Shooting: I think we’ve missed the mark

    Yesterday there was yet another shooting in another school. Today there is yet another debate on gun control. The left wants more regulation and the right wants more freedom; whatever that means. If I thought for one second that public school violence could be solved with one debate over one issue, I may not be…

  • Is it possible to be so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good?

            There is a statement that rings throughout western Christianity, “We can be so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good.”[1] Surprisingly enough, western Christianity is the only Christian philosophy that issues such a statement. The statement is used to defend our acceptance of this world’s culture. It argues that the best…