Archive for September, 2012
CAN UNBELIEVING PARENTS TEACH ABOUT JESUS?
Monday, September 10th, 2012PART 1 – THE FACTS
The Chicago Tribune ran a piece this morning in our local Faith section headlined “TEACHING KIDS ABOUT FAITH WHEN YOU DON’T PRACTICE ONE”! Now we can end this conversation right now with one word, which would finish the thought behind that headline – the word is “hypocrite”. But that is letting parents completely off the hook! While we know that most churches don’t teaching on hell, judgment or even the responsibility of EVERY human sitting in the pew, to Holy God, that does not lessen that said responsibility!
Incompetent and an increasingly disobedient church leadership is no excuse for parents being unable to account for the Spiritual Lives of their children. Every human being, ever born, will stand before Him on Judgment Day to give an account for our lives on this earth. Being too busy trying to pay the bills or too tired to read the Bible/pray/worship/fellowship
DO MOST CHRISTIANS “STINK AT EVANGELISM”?
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Controversial (and popular) preacher Mark Driscoll is in another, well controversy! While others (including me) have criticized him for his “potty” mouth in the past, he is one of us Reformed Theology guys and well sought after in speaking circles. So, it is created a stir when the following headline screamed forth from the Christian Post last week after Mark made a video (link here to story): Mark Driscoll: ‘Most Christians Stink at Evangelism’
So, “Is Mark Driscoll, the well known pastor/author/national conference speaker, correct? The answer is a resounding YES! The truth is Jesus gave us the Acts 1:8 challenge, just before He ascended into heaven and said: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth”.