Thought for the Weekend

“Paul declared marriage as a ‘great mystery’… We cannot discard it, as it is too important, but it overwhelms us.”

Taken from “The Meaning of Marriage” by Tim Keller.

 

Thought for the Weekend

How many friends on Facebook represent active relationships?

Some people don’t have Facebook.

 

Thought for the weekend

You know my opinion on AV.

What is yours?

 

Thought for the Weekend

Are you living in the shadow of death or the light of the resurrection? And I don’t mean: “are you looking forward to the afterlife?” I mean are you living the new life on offer? Are you living with power from on High, given by the King? Or waiting for something that is already here?

 

Thought for the Weekend

God said this to Pharaoh; would he say it to you?

But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 9:16

 

Thought for the Weekend

Romans 13:1-2 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

How do we reconcile this against the tyranny of so many governments over the centuries?

 

Thought for the Weekend

Church, like a train journey, should be an experience of continual updates of where we are, where we’re going, and where we’ve stopped to let people off and let new people on. Unless the committed core of a church knows exactly where they are headed as a community, new people will feel lost and unsettled.

 

Thought for the Weekend

It’s justice and mercy the old dichotomies,
All along the front lines of my heart in both doubt and belief
The sinner and saint, the old arch enemies,
All at war, in me

From “All at War” — Downhere

 

Thought for the Weekend

Should God Tell You Anything?

Genesis 18:17 The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do…
19 For I have chosen [Abraham], that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

 

Thought for Saturday

Suffering is part of God’s larger plan. If it wasn’t, Jesus would never have seen the cross.