Religion vs. Jesus
Religion says do, Jesus says done. Religion says slave, Jesus says son. Religion puts you in bondage, while Jesus sets you free. Religion makes you blind, but Jesus makes you see. Religion is man searching for God, Christianity is God searching for man. When Jesus said it is finished, I believe he meant it.
Read MoreEvangelism is dying…
Evangelism is dying in many churches today. No, that’s not an overstatement. Look at the data. Measure almost any group of churches today versus 30 years ago. You’ll likely find only one person is being reached with the Gospel for every 40 to 60 church members. You will find that conversions have declined dramatically. And where you find numerical growth, you are more likely to find the growth is transfer of Christians from one church to another. That’s not evangelism. That’s sheep shuffling. How many new faces in the Church are new believers? Most are simply refugees or rejects from other churches!
Read MoreThe mistake of being a “nice” Christian
Not everyone is like me. Some people don’t care what everyone thinks about them. When I treat people the way I would treat people anyway (Christian or not), I can call that behavior “Christian”. I can credit spiritual fruit to myself even when there is no actual spiritual growth. In his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote of this problem. He warned of the “fatal mistake” of believing that Christianity demands niceness alone. He believed that “a certain level of good conduct comes fairly easily” to some people, and he attributed this to what he called “natural causes.” Lewis therefore concluded that God does not look at an individual’s nice or nasty temperament the way we do. We might see an ordinary Christian and call her a hypocrite, whereas a...
Read MoreSpesiale Dienstye
24 Desember 19:00: Kersdiens 31 Desember 19:00: Nuwejaarsdiens 20 Januarie Oggenddiens – Lourens Groenewald
Read MoreVolgende week se braaireelings
Braai (Volgende Sondag oggend) Bring saam: Eie vleisie of worsie om te braai, koeldrank en eetgerei. (Al die vroue moet asb. net gou in die personeelkamer bymekaar kom, sodat ons kan reël wie slaaie en rolletjies gaan bring.) Springkasteel vir die kinders.
Read MoreWhat is M.O.T.S preaching?
What is M.O.T.S. preaching? Moral Of The Story preaching. In other words to read and preach the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us and what we should do. What is the difference between a moralistic reading of the Bible and a Jesus-Centered reading of the Bible? Look at the story of David and Goliath: Without Christ, the story would be preached as: “The bigger they come, the harder they’ll fall, if you just go into your battles with faith in the Lord. You may not be real big and powerful in yourself, but with God on your side, you can overcome giants.” However, as soon as we ask: “how is David foreshadowing the work of God’s Son”? We begin to see the same features of the story in a different light. The story is telling...
Read MoreSondagskool afsluiting
Sondag, 23 September Alle kinders en tieners moet asseblief hier wees. Skole sluit – 28 September
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