Archive for May, 2008
Idolatry Thursday – Criticism.
Have you ever been around people who seem to have to criticize everything? Everything is either bad or wrong. Most of the time such people seem to have all the answers if someone, anyone, would just ask them. One person needs a new job, another needs a date. One person needs a diet, while another [...]
Full StoryBible Reading Tip: Read from a “Basic Bible.”
It seems like most of the people I know read from some type of noted study bible. Such bibles come in many different forms. There are basic study bibles, life application, and many many other types of what I would call “specialty” bibles that focus on one particular subject. I am not against the use [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – What’s in it for me?
The title, “What’s in it for me?” could be called “Selfish Christianity.” Can there really be such a thing as selfish Christianity? There should not be, because when a Christian becomes selfish, they have made themselves to be an idol before God. Let me dig in a little deeper about what I mean about selfish [...]
Full StoryHow God loves us — He truly came down to our level.
This is an election year and politicians have been and will be doing all sorts of things to try to connect with voters. One thing that typically happens is that politicians go to great lengths to attempt to show average voters that they understand what is like to be a common working man or woman. [...]
Full StoryHow God Transformed Me.
Through most of my early adult life I was very cynical about Christians and the church. I thought all Christians were hypocrites and all churches wanted to do was collect money so they could build bigger buildings. I did not discount Christianity entirely, however, but I thought all religions were basically the same. I thought [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – Do you have enough stuff?
I read an interesting article this week in the Tennessean about the growth of the storage unit business in Williamson County here in Tennessee. You can read the article here.
For those of you who don’t know, Williamson County is a suburb of Nashville and is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. I live [...]
Idolatry Thursday – The idol of Education.
Education is yet another thing that in its essence is not bad, but in many cases grows to be more important than God. Education becomes a god in your life when it becomes your central focus, the driving force in your life. If getting a degree or getting good grades becomes more important than obeying [...]
Full StoryWe need to be the church – Evangelism Research
Ed Stetzer recently posted on his blog about some new evangelism research that Lifeway Research has conducted. The research dovetails with the idea that I am promoting here at Be The Fruit which is that believers need to focus on “being the church” rather than just going to church. Here is a link to his [...]
Full StoryIdolatry Thursday – Is church your god?
You may be thinking: “How can church be a god? Church can’t come before God, because it is all about God.”
Think about it a minute. Remember in my first post, I used a definition that described “having a god” as making something the center or reference point of your life. So I ask, is God [...]
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