Category Archives: Reflect

Reflect: Are we creating our own Jesus in worship?

When we’re dodgy about our theology, we’re really saying we want our own Jesus. But our worship isn’t based on people’s personal opinions, ideas, or best guesses about Jesus. Nor should we base our understanding of him on anyone’s individual … Continue reading

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Reflect: First order of business

“When we speak of responding to God in prayer … we do not mean an intellectual exercise of trying to discern our marching orders for the day (though he could direct us to specific actions … ). Our Father’s first … Continue reading

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Reflect: Spiritual Success & Sacrifice

Spiritual success flows down a river called suffering and sacrifice and it impacts the world because . . . God uses it in a wonderful way. [Dr. Wendell Kempton who served as President of the ABWE mission organization from 1971-2001]

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Reflect – Suspicious of God

All sin is rooted in the suspicion that God is not very good. [Oswald Chambers]

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Reflect – Behavior betrays belief

We confess that we Evangelicals have betrayed our beliefs by our behavior. All to often we have trumpeted the gospel of Jesus, but we have replaced biblical truths with therapeutic techniques, worship with entertainment, discipleship with growth in human potential, … Continue reading

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