When the Going Gets Good…
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments OffWhen you look back through history, particularly in America, you tend to see a correlation between faith and tragedy. Almost every time there is a major catastrophe, people come running to God. It happened with Katrina. It happened on 9/11/01. It's a recurring theme that we continue to see. When difficulties arise, we look to God for help, for deliverance, for strength and peace.
Take the “That’s Not Very Christian of You” Test
Friday, June 5th, 2009 by Ty Wallace posted in Christian Living | Comments OffLet's face it - it's hard to live and act like a Christian all the time. Personally, I'm at my worst when I am driving. I came across these neat test you can take to see how often you react in a "un-Christianly" manner. Take this quiz to find out how ‘Not Very Christian’ you might really be in certain scenarios.
Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength – Part 4
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments OffWe have finally arrived at the last part of this particular series. We've talked about how to love God with all our hearts. We've talked bout loving Him with all our soul. Last week, we went over how to love Him with our minds. Today, we get to what is perhaps the most challenging one for me to describe.
Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength – Part 3
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | 34 Comments »Man, this holiday week has really thrown me off. Here it is, Thursday, and I'm just finally getting going on writing this next part of what originally was supposed to be a single-shot post. Though, when one takes into consideration my propensity for being verbose, this should not be a surprise. Over the last couple weeks, we've been taking a look at the various ways or methods or perspectives in which we love the Lord our ...
Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength – Part 2
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments OffLast week, I began to break down these concepts from Luke 10:27 and I got as far as talking about what it would me (to me, anyway) to love the Lord our God with all your heart. But that was only one of four ways Jesus told us we should love Him. So, let's continue where we left off and see if we can wrap this up. The next way we can love God is with ...
Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments OffFor about seven months now, I've been working on my own blog in addition to writing for the Jesus Site. The title of my blog is "Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength." This blog is focused on what Christ referred to as "the greatest commandment" in response to a question from the Pharisees. This reference can be found at Luke 10:27. The focus of that blog is the idea of these four concepts. Of course, it all ...
What’s It Take for a Revival?
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living | Comments OffRecently, I was listening to some teaching by Chuck Smith on the work of the Holy Spirit. The teaching was excellent with lots of great stuff. But I wanted to specifically focus on something he pointed out within the first few moments of the audio. I don't recall the name of the work he was quoting and, sitting here at the computer, I don't have the audio with me to re-listen to it (though I may ...
Transitions and Steadfastness – Part IV
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | 2 Comments »As a final entry in our list of scenarios for transitioning (or not) between Christianity and atheism, we'll take a look at the idea of atheists becoming Christians. This type of thing always brings joy to the church community for many reasons. One, perhaps somewhat "worldly," reason is that it helps us to validate what we already believe to be true. Somehow, it seldom works the other way around, though. There are, as is usually the ...
Transitions and Steadfastness – Part III
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | Comments OffToday, we get further into looking at the four different scenarios relating to transitioning or remaining Christian or atheist. Once again, these same four scenarios could easily be argued by other faiths, but Christianity is being treated here. Now, we're going to get into some of the more touchy areas that might, perhaps, have a bit more controversy or, at least, be a little more complicated and hopefully thought provoking. First, in order to make sure we're ...
Transistions and Steadfastness
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Christian Living, Evangelism | Comments OffIt seems almost humorous sometimes. Other times, it's mind-boggling. And still other times, one just isn't quite sure what to think. For centuries, millenia even, the debate has raged on. Does God exist or not? In some ways, there are times it reminds me of political campaigns. We saw in the last campaign, prominent Democrats pledging their support to the Republican candidate and vice versa. I see the same thing with Theists vs. Atheists. Some atheists ...
