One thing that our ministry team is buying into more this year is postcards! Yes, those 4×6 cardstock postcards, and we can’t make enough to keep up with the demand.
Planting a church can be incredibly expensive. Even if you have denominational backing, one can easily run out of money before a self-sustaining congregation can be established. So during these early seasons of growth, how does a church survive financially?
We’re accustomed to hearing both about the mission and the identity of God’s church; the empowerment for mission and for holiness by the Holy Spirit. What if both aspects are inseparable parts of Christian vocation? Chris Green suggests a way to think about Spirit baptism with biblical integrity and in a way that does justice to Christ’s example.
Only humans have transcendent longings. Your dog might think it is a human, might act like a human and want to sit in the best chair. It might even have human like emotions. You may even be convinced your dog IS a human! But your dog never looks into the sky and dreams about flying through the air like a goose. Or closer to the ground, the poodle never looks at the greyhound loping down the street and thinks, “If it kills me, I am going to beat him in a race.” Nope. Only humans do that.
January 20, 2015 Proverbs 20:5 (read the whole chapter) The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out. CONSIDER THIS I will always remember the words
