Many churches nowadays are emphasizing the need for Christians to be in community with each others; to walk in community and to experience community. Why is “community” such a big deal and where is it in the Bible. Well, it’s a big deal because it appears that it’s all over the Bible (and the New [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Gospel’
October 6, 2009
Loving Hannibal
My family lives in Hannibal, MO. We’ve lived here two years now and we live here in Hannibal because, of all the cities in the world, we felt like we could honor God best by moving here. Let me say that another way: we wanted to move to Hannibal and felt like God was okay [...]
June 3, 2009
What about the relationship?
If you become a Christian…you’ll go to heaven. This is the way many people explain the Gospel. But as my wife so insightfully brought out last night, telling someone, “If you become a Christian, you can go to heaven” is like telling them, “If you get married, you can celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary”. What [...]
September 24, 2008
Carson on the Gospel and acts of mercy
Granted that we ought to be engaged in acts of mercy, what safeguards can be set in place so as to minimize the risk that the deeds of mercy will finally swamp the proclamation of the gospel and the passionate desire to see men and women reconciled to God by faith in Christ Jesus and [...]
May 14, 2008
“remember the poor…”
Last April when my family moved to Hannibal to plant Believer’s Church, we moved into an area where our neighbors were very different than us. We were no better than our neighbors, no more right than our neighbors, just very different in our backgrounds, our priorities, our views on money (saving/spending/debt/etc…), education and other [...]
