From a practical standpoint, I think I disagree with Helena. There are some really great new "bombs" that you can use that are NOT poisonous to humans. I feel as though you have to take an offensive p...

What a weekend!! Helena & I were invited for a time of R&R with friends in Northern Virginia, not far from Washington, DC and who attend church in the Baltimore area. As we planned for that ti...

One of my all-time favorite books is former shepherd Philip Keller’s A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23. It was early in my Christian walk, in my first very spiritually aware state. It was a huge revelation...

This is intended to be a series on the streams themselves, expanding on what has been said already, I'm sure. =============================================== We talk a lot about three streams and we...

Welcome, Gabriel! We're glad to have you here. Glad to hear your excitement for the things of the Lord and for opportunities to minister. There are lots of folks who read here, some who write. Lots...

“What’s the Church For, Anyhow?” Dean Thomas – October 16, 2009 A woman at work asked me the question recently, one of those that deserved an answer. I asked for time to consider my response becau...

Who is the church FOR? Easy question. The church is for believers in Messiah, period. That was the major issue that lots of folks had with the whole seeker thing. When church is turned into a multi...

Prelude: Because our Bishop’s chosen sermon topic was to speak about "The Last Word on the Jews", including issues surrounding the Jewish people and by relation, Israel and Jerusalem, he offered to le...

Hi ho the derry-oh, a-rambling I will go! I’ve been reading a book that will remain unnamed, at least until I finish it. It’s about a contextual Jesus through the eyes of what seems to be a liberal...

Helena has made two points that I want to address in this observation. <QUOTE author="HelenaZF,Dec 7 2009, 09:18 AM">HelenaZF,Dec 7 2009, 09:18 AM Wrote:Songs that are too theologically complica...

Sometimes I hear a phrase or a portion of Scripture and it provokes a whole new train of thought, taking me where I’ve never been before. Today was one of those days and one of those moments. Bisho...

So many times in liturgical life, we hear the fundamental historical facts about Epiphany and various theories about the Magi and their visit to the Babe and His mother. How about a quick review? Mayb...

A lot of years ago, a famous evangelistic ministry changed the way they kept statistics. For years, they had counted the hands raised at events and called them conversions. As the leadership matured a...

I was on my way home from church on Sunday and had Christian Radio on to accompany me on my journey. Haddon Robinson on Radio Bible Class led the discussion. The premise of the broadcast was looking a...

We had a POWERFUL time in worship on Sunday. Sunday's praise set started out with "Mighty One of Israel". The adult Sunday school class had talked about evangelism and how it generally works, corpo...

:stirpot: I was humming a chorus today, and it was almost a Bill Cosby "Noah" moment where I heard the Lord. :ding: *ding* "What does that phrase mean to you?" "The fruit of my lips giving t...

First, in case my bishop reads this, I must confess my transgression. I told him the source of this little quote was actually a fortune cookie. Not exactly. It was actually from the wrapper of a littl...

I was reading in one of my favorite books on worship, Worship God by Ernest B. Gentile, copyright 1994 by Bible Temple Publishing in Portland, Oregon. I use it as a reference book, occasionally as a d...

Today is March 2, 2010, and today I heard one of the three most powerful sermons that I've heard in my 35 years in Christ. And it was not preached on Christian radio or even by a minister! Glenn Be...

A few topics back (<URL url="http://zionfirefriends.com/index.php?showtopic=1967">Evangelism, Part 3), I mentioned the relationship between the fruit of lips (better translated "calves of lips")...

I heard an interesting broadcast tonight on the way home from work. The voice was familiar, but I'm just not sure who it was, but the message was really one of those that made me go hmmmm. The poin...

Everybody's got a theory, a theorum, a formula, a pondering about how our personal and corporate lives ought to be focused. Part of that is viewing life on earth through the filter of earthly giftings...

Part two. This is not a mind game. It has to become reality in my life in order for me to move from human doing to human being. Think about powerful people that you've met. Some people are powe...

It's been a wild weekend. I've spent a lot of time resting, reading, praying, IM-ing with Tom (a far-off friend and young worship leader), and writing. I went back to work today with a number of these...

Part 3. I have this thing buzzing around in my head and it just won't let go! My bishop also is very strong on following St. Paul's statement: <QUOTE author="Col. 1:28">Col. 1:28 Wrote:We ...