“The purpose of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out” (Prov 20:5). Scripture indicates that we can draw out the deep, heart-level issue by soul searching.
Jesus Christ, the supreme leader said, “I will build my church.” Rest assured in the finished work of Christ. Even during the pandemic, all the riots, all the persecution around the world, Christ will still build His church!
“No, no, no. Not him!” was my first thought when I heard the tragic story. It was one of my close pastor friends who was terminated from a church. I couldn’t believe the news. “Why, God? Why?”
After putting in so much time, talent and treasure, hiring a wrong person that does not fit the culture of the church can cause heartache and havoc. As I have been meditating and thinking on this, here are five things everyone is looking for when they make a hire or recruit volunteers.
Growing up, I lived in great fear of my abusive father. His treatment convinced me that I was unwanted, that I was a burden hardly worth being tolerated. By age 15, this led me to become very embittered and depressed. I felt rejected and covered up my loneliness and pain with a protective mask of anger.
Christ took off his robe of majesty and clothed himself with clay by becoming a servant even to the point of death, to set men free from the bondage of hell so that the doom that was headed towards every sinner may be escaped!
As a bright-eyed 19-year-old college student, I immediately found a church to get involved in within my new college town. However, when I applied for a position at this church, I had no idea there was a history of high turnover that had become a regular part of this inner-city church.
Is it possible to have Jesus without the church? What role does the local church play in personal transformation? Can one grow spiritually without participation in the local church?
Conflict at cost is visible everywhere. In light of this, Christians are to be the salt and the light of Jesus by promoting the gospel of peace by not only believing the gospel but living the gospel.
