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Finding Meaning in Christ |
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 06:00 |
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This morning I woke early to continue my reading of A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. I finished the chapter on play and began reading the chapter on meaning. The author states that the Conceptual Age has provided us with an unprecedented opportunity to search for our life's meaning. We no longer spend our entire existence in the search for food, clothing, and shelter. This allows us the time to explore the greater question of what our life means.
My hope and prayer this morning is that people will look toward God to find that meaning. I have found meaning for my life through faith in God and His son Jesus Christ. God provided the gifts and the passion I have to be an educator. God provided and gave me passion for my family. And God provided the gifts and the passion to share my faith. So I hope you will look toward Jesus because He will help you find meaning in your life. He certainly helped me.
Reference
 Pink, D. (2006). A whole new mind: moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. New York, NY: The Penguin Group.
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Media and Church Relevance |
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Saturday, 28 November 2009 10:45 |
I found a new blog this morning. I found one of their recent posts too relevant to ignore. The blogger responded to the question, "Will media and technology save the Church from low attendance and irrelevance?" Click here to read the blog post.
I hope that you'll take a moment to read the blogger's response to this question. In short, the blogger states that "authenticity trumps gadgetry." I agree with the response. God wants the Church to use technologies to reveal His message - not to hide or distort that message. Our use of technology must further reveal how God's grace has transformed our lives.
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 07:22 |
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This morning I had the privilege of delivering the message at our church. I feel blessed every time I speak from God's word and I wish to thank Garrison Baptist Church for allowing me the opportunity. Today I spoke from Hebrews 12. The text follows.
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-12:3, NIV
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This idea that our Christian walk is a race ties together the messages of the past few weeks. We talked about points of decision, those times when God is calling us to action. We also spoke about God's vision for a body of Christ that is united and purpose with every member doing that which God called them to do.
Today, from Hebrews 12, we identified specific advice for dealing with the ups and downs of our life. We explored the question, "How are we supposed to face life's ups and downs?" This passage revealed three points that we emphasized today.
since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses
The phrase great cloud of witnesses may have a number of meanings. Today we identified these witnesses as those brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we share our life. God puts people in our lives that want to celebrate life's ups and help us through life's downs.
run with perseverance
God wants us to persevere through the downs in our lives. In order to do that, we need to be steadfast in our faith. One way to be steadfast is to pray and study our Bible everyday. We must prepare ourselves for life's downs by studying the word of God.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
When we are faced with life's downs, we must remember the hardships that Jesus endured so that we could have eternal life and a relationship with God. Remembering puts our life into perspective with the life of our Savior.
I hope that these ideas will encourage you to run the race God has marked out for your life.
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Thursday, 30 July 2009 04:56 |
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This week I am happy to spend time in God's word once again. I haven't kept my study and prayer time as I should, so I am excited to reclaim the discipline to spend time with God. This morning I read several chapters from Isaiah and noticed that Isaiah appears to be talking about two important ideas. First he talks, with much sadness, about the fall of Israel. He reveals in detail borne from God's revelation to him how Israel will fall. Second, Isaiah talks with joy about the arrival of Jesus Christ. Isaiah includes a lineage from which Jesus will be born when, in chapter 11 verse 1, he says "a shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse."
I looked up this passage in a bible commentary and found the passage below. I think this excerpt adds some interesting detail beyond what I caught during this morning's reading.
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Isaiah’s prophecies in chapters 7–9 indicate that Immanuel, the virgin-born, divine Child is soon to appear. However, in this chapter {chapter 11} we are given a clear indication that His coming will be in the yet distant future. Isaiah predicts that the “tree” of the line of David will be cut down and that a shoot must grow out of the root stock of Jesse before the tree can flourish again. Isaiah’s point is to show that the kingdom has sunk so low that the Davidic line will apparently be cut down, and yet somehow will spring forth again in the person of the Messiah.
KJV Bible Commentary. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1994, S. 1320
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