Archive for March, 2012
SEE, FEEL, TRUST – A LENTEN REFLECTION
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE CHRISTIAN POST’S iPost BLOG
One of my favorite movies of all time is “Seven Days in Utopia” (2011). It is not just a movie about golf but chockfull of life applications. One of them was the simple acronym – SFT! Here the grizzled old golf pro played by Robert Duvall was mentoring his young protégé played by Lucas Black and teaching him about Focus.
From the Word of God, we know Focus is the hallmark of a good disciple of Christ. Lack of focus is when we take our eyes off Him and look both inward at ourselves and/or circumstances. This is destructive as we can become full of ourselves; if we get caught up in the world around us and not the Word IN us.
SFT stands for See, Feel and Touch. What does this have to do with this period in the church calendar, which many observe as Lent? What does this have to do with a tradition where we deny ourselves in a meaningful way?
Jesus said we must deny ourselves by dying daily (i.e. picking up our Crosses and going after Him). We must deny ourselves the passing pleasures of sin for a season. We must deny ourselves ……………
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CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION?
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
LET ME ANSWER THAT QUESTION – NO! YOU CANNOT LOSE YOUR SALVATION, IF YOU WERE TRULY SAVED! Q.E.D.Over the past year, the question of a person falling from grace…and actually losing one’s position as a child of God has been popping up in some of the unlikeliest places. Just this week, I was also asked this very question. Therefore, in short, let’s try to examine most of the following issues to clear up this matter, once and for all!