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Reading the Script only Gets in the Way of Knowing the Lines

Posted on March 2, 2012 by reveds

Another shout out to our brothers and sisters at Bel Air Presbyterian Church for another great clip.

I was originally going to post this for all my friends in the Cherokee Community Theatre, thinking it really only had to apply to that setting. But after watching, I see what it really means.

I know so many “Christians” who say the same thing. Reading the Bible only gets in the way of knowing God… God would never do what the Bible says He’s going to do…

“And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 25:30

SDG

Please Pass the Salt

Posted on March 1, 2012 by reveds

While Christians are not challenged to become salty – their saltiness is a gift of Jesus’ presence – they are challenged to stay salty, that is, they are challenged to be what they are – real Christians. There are pressures around us not to be too Christian, not to take our religion too seriously, and to relax the war with what is despicable in and among ourselves and with what is unjust or vicious in the community. Though we are salt, there is constant pressure to be insipid salt. (F. Dale Bruner, The Christbook, Matthew 1-12)