grace

Grudges

“what do you do in a situation where you know someone holds a grudge against you that is unfounded?” Whether or not a grudge is founded or unfounded, there are some pretty clear scriptural guidelines, that we as Christ followers are supposed to follow. In Ephesians 4 we have some pretty good guidelines about whatContinue reading “Grudges”

Prisoner of Christ

At Creekside we have been experimenting with extending the dialogue on Sunday mornings. We’ve been playing with the idea of text messaging questions that people have from Sunday’s sermon. If you are interested in doing this check out PollEverywhere.com. Well I spoke on Philemon 1-7 this week and I received this question: In vs. 1 Continue reading “Prisoner of Christ”

I will be speaking on Philemon Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 This scene will be critical to the teaching What an amazing picture of grace we don’t deserve.

Great Post on the Shack and it’s Author

I appreciated the Shack for it’s display of the relationship between the trinity. It’s a book that has brough a lot of healing to a lot of souls. It’s controversial, and I get a lot of comments from people who don’t see the potential for grace in this text. Today I read this postContinue reading “Great Post on the Shack and it’s Author”

Perfectionism Quote from The Jesus Way

Read this passage this morning from The Jesus Way and had to share it. The Way of David it the way of imperfection. The story David lived and the psalms he prayed provide us with an imagination that is capable of understanding the operations of God to do his perfect work in us, not ourContinue reading “Perfectionism Quote from The Jesus Way”

Good Thoughts from Osenga

Read this post from Andy O. Good thoughts on Christians, Politics, evangelism, grace, love, and the church. you should read it when you have time, it’s a bit long.

Masks

at >>beyond>> we have been talking about being authentic during our current series masks. Last week I felt went really well. Considering that last week was our first week in a new place we did all right. I am excited for where things are going to go. But the whole principal behind the series isContinue reading “Masks”