Carnal Weapons?

Over the past year I have been involved in an outreach project that has brought back to my mind a question that I have wrestled with, in various forms, for a number of years: In doing the work of the Kingdom (of God), to what extend should Christians make use of the methods and insights of the (secular) World?

Failing The Blasphemy Challenge

Doug Powell proudly fails The Blasphemy Challenge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0khsot_hNWs

[Source: STR]

Like a Vapor

How often do you think of Len Bias? Perhaps you’ve never heard of him, or like me, his name is singed on the edge of your consciousness. And, on mornings like this morning, the haunting story of his life wanders into your mind as you lie in bed waiting for the alarm.
The very reason for [...]

How do we teach? Pt.3

Now, without further ado, I will address the third point mentioned in my original post.
3.)There are no spiritual elites.
Why is this an important statement to make? I suppose there could be a number of reasons.
So people don’t become spiritually prideful? Perhaps.
To bring a spirit of equality into the Church? Maybe.
To encourage the [...]

How do we teach? Pt.2

In continuing the examination of a teaching I recently heard, I want to address the second of the points that I laid out out in the opening post concerning this.
Here was the first of them: 1. When we first believed by hearing the Gospel we all received the same Spirit.
The second, the one that [...]

How do we teach?

I heard a sermon today that went a little something like this:

When we first believed by hearing the Gospel we all received the same Spirit.
Since we have all received the same Spirit, there is no difference among believers.
There are no spiritual elites.
Since there is no difference among believers, we are led to love one another [...]