To recap, first, having an eternal perspective keeps the believer humble. Second, having an eternal perspective motivates us to live wisely in light of divine judgment. 3) Lastly, having an eternal perspective allows us to understand the goal of suffering. There are different reasons why we suffer. We suffer because of bad decisions. We suffer […]
2 Corinthians 4-5 – Teaching #4: Eternity (pt2 of 3)
2) Second, having an eternal perspective motivates us to live wisely. Before we get into this point, I want to clarify a common misunderstanding about heaven. 2 Cor 5 6 So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we […]
2 Corinthians 4-5 – Teaching #4: Eternity (pt1 of 3)
Today, I want to talk about eternity. Having an eternal perspective. Having an eternal perspective does a few things for the believer: 1) keeps the believer humble, 2) motivates the believer to live wisely, and 3) allows the believer to understand the goal of suffering. Having an eternal perspective is so important in the Christian […]
Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 11 Things I Learned
Here is a helpful article written by Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. I was their church consultant in 2003. The church’s peak attendance was 750 in 1975. By the time I got there the attendance had fallen to an average of 83. The large sanctuary seemed to swallow the relatively small […]
C.S. Lewis Quotes – The Weight of Glory
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant […]
2 Corinthians 4 – Teaching #3: The Gospel of Christ (pt3 of 3)
5) Furthermore, the gospel illumines minds. 6 For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the KNOWLEDGE… If the god of this age blinds unbelievers in their minds (v4) so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of […]