I had a friend write me recently to air some concerns about becoming overly busy with all of life’s duties. When does busy become TOO busy? This friend is a wife, parent to a couple of kids, with a...

<QUOTE author="Dave,Oct 16 2007, 03:28 PM">Dave,Oct 16 2007, 03:28 PM Wrote:...often people fail to understand the issues involved and believe that their freedom in Jesus means it's OK. Sorry, b...

I was contacted "off-forum" by someone who shared that "There never was the name Jehovah for God". I think that contact was prompted by this thread, so I'll answer it here. Believe me when I say th...

So much of life as a worshipper is about warfare. Our trip to Las Vegas really highlighted that--again. It was evident in the planning and coming into being of the conference, it was obvious in many o...

Part of the rest of this story is that the 80,000 who marched in the parade (!!!!!) were not the only participants. Of the 80,000 marchers, only 5,000 were from the ICEJ celebration of the Feast of...

<QUOTE author="HelenaZF,Oct 5 2007, 09:01 AM">HelenaZF,Oct 5 2007, 09:01 AM Wrote:...if you find yourself working with a choir that way again, perhaps your pastor would be open to that kind of p...

Yes, I did get to meet them. Talked with Ralph several times, and with Mindy a couple of times. Sweet spirits. Popped my head into their sessions, just to see how they worked with the folks. They were...

One of the neat things that comes as an "overflow" of this event is that our pastor/bishop has asked me to share with our congregation about specifics of what went on in Las Vegas. Many of them know s...

Hey, y'all, it's that favorite time of year. Feast of Booths or Tabernacles. Today was the first full day. How are you celebrating this season? DO you celebrate this feast of God, to be celebrated ...

If the Red Cross in your country operates as it does in this country, it is primarily a good thing. Blessing something that is positive will bring life to those affected by the organization, yes? If y...

In one word? WOW!!! Just a note to share some of the amazing things that went on at the dance and worship arts conference in Nevada this past weekend. When we get pictures, I'll send along a link s...

Discovering that someone in the household of faith--a fellow believer in Christ--has failed morally is always hard. It does not matter if the failure is sexual, ethical, or practical, one person's fai...

Daego, You are correct that culture can affect how we do things. A great concern for me is when culture overrides scripture. Culture can be a guide certainly, but when the inspired Word of God is s...

<QUOTE author="daego,Sep 9 2007, 08:01 PM">daego,Sep 9 2007, 08:01 PM Wrote:I was deeply moved by the dance - tears came to my eyes. I had never had this kind of experience before. A sister w...

<QUOTE author="sknoerr,Aug 22 2007, 06:57 PM">sknoerr,Aug 22 2007, 06:57 PM Wrote:I would like some input as to shofars in a personal setting... Well, what a good question. The general applicati...

Just ran across a nifty quote from Paul Wilbur from an interview with Integrity Music: <QUOTE author="Paul Wilbur">Paul Wilbur Wrote:In Ephesians 2, God says he makes out of the Jew and Gentile ...

You're right, Dave. Sneaky poison sort of stuff, but there are also residuals! There is a very popular teacher in the US (probably internationally, too) by the name of Malcolm. During a speaking en...

I can add a hearty "amen" to Dave's post. The only companies that I've not personally done business with there are those in the UK. I know the others and trust them. They in turn trust their used book...

And in a different direction... I don't mind them using the term video jockey. The other term mentioned, "video technician" is another ambiguous term, sadly, open to application to so many things. ...

It's back again to the whole concert mentality, IMO. Entertainment, not worship or praise. Might do well in a teaching environment to enhance PowerPoint or slide type presentations. Jazz 'em up a litt...

A perennial question and point of discussion. I like to think of a worship team (worship leadership team might be more accurate) as being comprised of components of leadership. Music team alone is ...

Also shows a sad parallel in our history to that of another monotheistic religion that is currently heavily in the news. Yes, those were sad days in the history of Christianity when the edict was conf...

An interesting phenomenon: Even science has come to realize the dramatic need for the human body to have "down time" on a regular basis. People who work 7 days a week or 60 hour weeks suffer from phys...

This whole thing is a very thorny issue. So many things are tarnished because of some common usage--some might call it high-jacking!--of a language. Christmas carols have been thrown out of common use...

And to offer a quick note on Helena's first post and question on this thing: "Should Christians celebrate these festivals/celebrations/holy convocations, or not?" Most of the 23rd chapter of Leviti...