Bits & Pieces (6/11/12)

 

  • When Are We Going to Grow Up? – This article looks at the juvenilization of the American church and reveals that “[j]uvenilization tends to create a self-centered, emotionally driven, and intellectually empty faith.” If that’s the case, what does it say about the overall state of the church in America? (H/T)

 

  • Why Are We So Busy? – Pascal said that the answer to this question was because we want to be. Are we finding satisfaction in diversion which is leading to distracted lives?

 

  • Remembering Who You Are – What’s wrong with saying “I’m just a sinner saved by grace?” Trevin Wax’s grandfather taught him.

 

  • God’s Good Work – Randy Alcorn writes, “If we see God as he really is, as he is revealed in Scripture, we can trust in his loving sovereignty even in life’s greatest hardships.”
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Bits & Pieces (6/8/12)

  • Veggie Tales Morality Not Christianity – A friend recently shared this article on Facebook. It’s a few months old, but made some excellent points about our need to distinguish between “morality” and the Gospel. It’s worth the read if you missed it when it first was published.

 

 

 

  • Beginnings & Endings – “The psalmist writes, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” Into this great mystery we can live our days, knowing that within the giving of a life to God and in the ending of a life given to God is a great and imperishable beginning.”

 

 

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