December 2011
28 posts
“There are certain phrases I’d like to see permanently banned from our Christian vocabulary. The one that sets me off the most is “full-time ministry”. I know what it’s suppose to mean, but I vehemently disagree with it’s implications. To say that someone is called to full-time ministry suggests that others are permitted to do part-time ministry. But Jesus didn’t die on a part-time cross. He doesn’t love with a part-time love. He doesn’t cover us with a part-time pardon for sin. There is no such thing as a part-time Christian or a part-time ministry. The day you gave your life to Christ, you signed a full-time ministry employee agreement.”
—Sun Stand Still, by Steven Furtick.
Ex' Miss
New Found Glory
“Everything that could have went wrong, went wrong this year.
Nothing recently has made me want to stand up and cheer.”
This is one of my favorite holiday songs. I’m such a cynic.
I met a boy.
and I’m having a hard time getting him off my mind. It’s been a really long time since I’ve felt this way - it’s almost elementary.
I can’t wait for next week.
“The Bible was inscribed over a period of 2000 years, in times of war and in days of peace, by kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers and shepherds. The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive could have been produced by such a diverse crowd over a period of time which staggers the imagination. Jesus is it’s grand subject. Our good is designed, and the Glory of God is its end.”
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Sometimes I feel like this is pointless.
no one reads any of this anyways…
8 Thoughts for 20-Somethings
By Brad Lomenick
1. Learn it, relearn it, and then learn it again. Just because you are out of school doesn’t mean you quit learning. Be a lifelong learner.
2. Being an expert is quickly fading in the current culture. Everyone is an expert these days because of technology and connectivity. Don’t put your hope in being an expert, since now more than ever there is someone else who knows way more than you do.
3. We have to reclaim a sense of Biblical understanding, wisdom and practice. Our Biblical illiteracy as a generation is staggering, sobering and frustrating. Gotta get back in the Word. This starts with pastors and Christian leaders embracing and constantly teaching the Scripture.
4. Humility rules. No explanation needed.
5. As always, making it happen and “shipping” as Seth Godin says is still an incredibly fashionable attribute. If you can execute on a project… if you can get things done…. if you can take an assignment and drive it to completion…. You’re still valued and incredibly needed.
6. Put the Xbox up, turn off facebook, get out a book (or your iPad), and start reading.Seriously.
7. Understand what you are FOR. Don’t be defined by what you are against, but instead by what you are for.
8. Honor the elders and sages who have laid the groundwork for your influence. We might have different strategies and styles, but those who’ve gone before us deserve tremendous respect. Give it to them.
“You might be thinking you’re unimpressive and unqualified. That’s good. God performs the most impressive feats through the most unimpressive people. God likes to wet the wood before he sets it on fire. That way, everybody knows who made it burn…”
—Steven Furtick
Dumped
New Found Glory
You were, you were the only to break my heart.
You were the only one to break my heart.
If I could go back to the start, I’d tell myself I don’t need anyone.
My best friend is a youth intern at my old church, and while I think that’s so so incredible, secretly, I used to think she was crazy.
But now I get it.
“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.”
—1 Cor. 7:17 MSG
Awe Precedes Faith: I AM SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS!!! :D →
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This is my best friend, and she is so cool and Jesus-driven!
this is my first year EVER having Christmas Eve off. I get to go to service, watch my wonderful boyfriend in the play, have dinner with his family, and just realax and reflect on His birth and why I am where I am. This season has been so much different than the others in the past. I have been…
“Jesus invited us to come as we are, but not to leave as we were. We’re supposed to be new creations; not just better ones.”
—Bob Goff
