http://christourredeemer.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:51:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    This Fall, we have been developing our new Food Distribution Ministry. This is "not a handout, but a hand up", which is the description that Angel Food Ministries uses to describe their national food distribution ministry. With half a million boxes of food every month, they have tremendous buying power ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=81 “Morning Prayer” A few weeks ago, I noted that the Apostle Paul emphasizes the indicative before the imperative in his epistles, he tells people who they are in Christ and all that is true of them before he tells them what they should be doing in response to it.  In Ephesians 4:1 ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=77 It  seems to me, that J.I. Packer got it right, 30 years ago, when he explained the wrath of God against men. Here is an excerpt from the chapter by the same title in “Knowing God”: God’s wrath in the Bible is something they choose for themselves. Before hell is an experience ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=67 Oh, Yeah, the Bible!             I just received a 15% Coupon from Barnes & Noble in my e-mail. I can’t wait to go down and purchase something. Together with my Membership Card I’ll get 25% off! I love to buy a new book on discount as much as I love to ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=62 Dear Refuge of Our Weary Soul Dear refuge of my weary soul, On Thee when sorrows rise On Thee when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies To Thee I tell each rising grief, For Thou alone canst heal Thy Word can bring a sweet relief, For every pain I feel But oh! When ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=50 I was walking with a group of people last weekend and someone told us something that surprised the rest of us. One of the young women in our group immediately stopped and responded with a loud, well-punctuated “Shut up!” I am quite definitely "middle-aged", raised in a generation that knows ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=21 Theological Statement for Christ Our Redeemer Christ Our Redeemer is a community of faith, a people who believe that the words of Jesus to “Come, follow me” are still the central and primary call on our lives. We want to bow to Jesus not merely to believe in Him; to be ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=19 We call them paradoxes or antinomies or just: mysteries. Our Christian faith is full of them. A paradox consists of two truths that we can't reconcile in our understanding, two seemingly contradictory truths that are laid down side by side in Scripture. Probably the most famous one that comes to ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=18 April 17th I am stunned by the shootings yesterday at Virginia Tech. I worked with the students and faculty there for several years. I am gripped by the media coverage and close to tears whenever I think of the moms and dads whose son or daughter is never going to come ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=16 One of the five questions I presented in last Sunday's talk about Christian Leadership was the question, "How does he do in little things?" Many leaders can pull off the big events and show up for all the important moments, but what about all those 'little things' that make up ... http://christourredeemer.com/?p=13