Coming in contact with about 40 – 50 students daily, I have come to really appreciate the words “Thank you.” Though almost taken for granted, I really notice and almost become miffed when they are absent. I don’t doubt that somewhere in their heart of hearts they are actually appreciative of the small measure in [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 6, 2008
I’m not the point of the Gospels
We often bring a very me-centered view to the gospels. We read in Mark about Jesus calming a powerful storm with an even more powerful word and then we think, “Yes, Jesus is the one who stills the storms in my life as well.” This may be true, but Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John weren’t [...]
October 3, 2008
Tough Questions
7 Tough Questions To Ask Your Friends
February 12th, 2008 by Stephen Altrogge
Last week I wrote a post saying that godly friends ask tough, heart- exposing questions of each other for the purpose of pointing each other towards Christ. In that post I gave a few examples of what these questions might look like.
One reader asked [...]
October 2, 2008
Faith & Obedience
Faith leads to obedience; obedience eventually produces feelings. In faith we obey God, even when we don’t feel like it, trusting that feelings will follow. Faith is the engine of the train and feelings are the caboose. {read more below: taken from http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2008/10/faith-feelings-and-corrie-ten-boom.html}
Corrie ten Boom discovered the principle of the obedience of faith.
While speaking in [...]
