Church Ministry

Work and Its Rewards

christon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:59:21 +0000

Ecclesiastes 5:9-20 I wish that someone had explained these verses to me when I was younger. Perhaps I wouldn’t have been so driven in my work. Maybe I would have relaxed more and let myself enjoy life. There is virtue in honest, hard work – no one would argue with that. But some Christians have [...]

If God Texted The 10 Commandments

christon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0000

Here is one way to communicate the 10 commandments, the older you are the longer it will take to read!! 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. [...]

Are you worried? Pray

christon — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:02:34 +0000

Bring your vulnerabilities to the One who has the power to do something about them. When you wake up at night worried about your sister or your job or your little boy, pray. Train your mind to stop and redirect all the energy from worry, which is destructive, to prayer, which is constructive. Ask God [...]

Why Do We Worry?

christon — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:25:11 +0000

An incident in the life of the apostle Peter will help us answer this question. Do you remember the time the disciples were out in a boat in a storm? Jesus had sent them ahead while He went to a mountain to pray (Matt. 14:22-33). A strong wind swept across the Sea of Galilee. It [...]

Ministry As Empowerment

christon — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:04:19 +0000

We now embark on one of the most crucial journeys in this book, beginning with an introduction to ‘ethology.’ Ethology is the study of the comparison between human and animal behaviour. An important concept in ethology is the notion of territoriality: the practice of marking a piece of ground and defending it against intruders. (23) [...]

Holiness and Spiritual Growth

christon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:53:34 +0000

A friend asked me to explain briefly (on Facebook) how holiness and the Kingdom of God are related: 1. Jesus and his followers teach us that the Spiritual Life is a matter of growth, renewal, maturity etc. The aim: to become more like Jesus. 2. Jesus’ Church – of all types – have honored saints, martyrs etc. [...]

Why Church

christon — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:08:46 +0000

A Catholic wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained to his readers that he felt useless to go to church every week. He wrote, "I've gone to church for 30 years and over I've heard a 3000 sermon. But as long as life, I cannot remember any one sermon. So I [...]

Fasting Is Healthy!

christon — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:03:54 +0000

Jesus fasted during his wilderness preparation for ministry (Matthew 4:1-2, Luke 4:1-2), but said only two things about fasting in his teaching in the gospels: it was an act of private devotion to God, and was appropriate once he left his followers (Matthew 6:16-18, 9:14-15; cf. Mark 2:18-20; Luke 5:33-35). The apostolic church apparently observed [...]

THE PRINCIPLE OF TIMING

christon — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:40:16 +0000

The principle of timing is simple–obvious. Yet so much misery over meeting with God begins and ends right here! Have you ever heard anyone say, “If you don’t meet God in the morning, He won’t be with you the rest of the day”? Feel guilty? Join the crowd. Or have you ever heard someone say, [...]

Maintaining The Quality

christon — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:51:11 +0000

Guilt hangs on every one of us. Not the guilt of flagrant sin – we know how to deal with that. Obvious sin is too painful to hide when we know there is forgiveness. However, the guilt that hangs on in the back of our minds is the guilt of wondering if we have enough [...]