https://vimeo.com/39729166

Part two of the "Bigger series"

https://vimeo.com/39729165

Here I am on a Saturday night, talking about the Seeds conference at Church on the Move in Tulsa, OK. Then I talk about being part of something Bigger than Us.

Church fakes teens' kidnapping using real gun

Church fakes teens' kidnapping using real gun

When church leadership behaves like this it demonstates:

1. They are totally out of touch with the current concerns and campaigns being conducted to bring healing and restoration to young people traumatised by gun crime ( eg: Columbine to Virginia Tech.)
2. They are obviously bored with the mission to reach the lost and find it necessary to terrorize the found.
3. They desperately want to see the church persecuted and forced underground because behaviour like this will hasten society's swing towards opposing the church.

Time to grow up people.

20 things that will prevent you from reaching your potential

I wish I had come up with this list of POTENTIAL KILLERS on my own. I got it online or at a conference a long time ago. It is really good and makes you think:

“God sees you as you can become”

1. Wrong view of man
2. Wrong concept of God
3. Lack of a clear vision
4. A failure to develop what you’ve got
5. Resting on past achievements
6. A wrong concept of the will of God
7. Failure to release others
8. Familiarity
9. Low self esteem
10. Using the word impossible
11. Past failures
12. Inability to Change
13. Thinking that growth and achievement is God’s responsibility
14. Avoiding the pain and stretching of growth
15. Failure to put an inner deposit in your life
16. Fear of Failure
17. A negative attitude to life
18. Limiting habits
19. Blaming God and others for your lack of progress
20. Misunderstanding the power of money

Kirk Cameron ’surprised’ by firestorm comments on homosexuality caused

Kirk Cameron ’surprised’ by firestorm comments on homosexuality caused

I think Kirk is doing a good job of keeping his head in the situation, he is answering his liberal critics well. This gay issue is the hot war defining the frontier of the church right now, and the struggle to balance the righteousness of God with relativistic human rights is tripping a lot of churches over the line into murky territory.

Not long ago (in my lifetime) his comments would have been received as rational and commonly agreed upon. Now the consensus of global morality has moved the goal posts to the point where he is seen as an offender. I totally agree that any bullying and gay-bashing in the past was intolerable and a denial of genuine Christian practice. However, Pierce Morgan asked his opinion on the issue and that is what he believes! He isn't holding a torch and pitchfork while saying it. The original gospel is Jesus Christ and his crucifixion for sins, the new gospel is just tolerance. Yet none of the adherents to this new gospel will tolerate someone with a literal, biblical belief system!

You have a human right to choose the life you live, and who you love, and how. What is important to know is that the Christian faith isn't the product of human rights. It predates even the concept of human rights. The bible reveals that we are created and were given boundaries by our Creator within which to enjoy our freedom. Kirk is expressing where he believes the boundary has been set.

We live in a wikipedia world where fact and truth is a communal product. We became this way because we got sick of discovering that the authorities were lying to us or looking through tainted lenses. The consensus is being reached on the gay issue, but like Kirk, I'm concerned what kind of society is emerging from this shift. You see, I think truth was revealed to us, not simply manufactured and modified at will.