Step Two in the Christian Life
Published July 15, 2011Step one is getting saved. That means that at some point in your life you come to the realization that you’re a sinner and you need Jesus. You confess your sin, repent, and ask the Lord Jesus to have all there is of you. You are sincere. You experience a sense of relief and then hope as the promise of His forgiveness fills you up. But then you hit the next week and it’s the same old stuff. You begin to wonder, “Am I really saved?” Step two: saved people believe Jesus. We believe Him first for what He promised [...]
read moreSideliners
Published March 10, 2010There are more American Christian people today sitting on the sidelines, and not going to church, than there are Christian people in church on any given Sunday. The reasons are many, but the ones that get thrown at me are the same: 1) Sunday’s my only day off (They like to sleep in.); 2) Church is boring (Compared to what?); 3) Church people are judgmental and irritating (As if the sideliner isn’t.); 4) I don’t like the music, the sermon, the building…etc.; and 5) I’m not getting anything out of it (Church has no value.). There are variations on these [...]
read moreThe Importance of Baptism
Published February 23, 2010I was baptized last Sunday. It was an experience that will stay with me the rest of my life – not just because I’ve been assured that now I have an actual date that I can state I was ‘born again’, but because it was such a moving experience. There were several events that led up to this day: meeting with Pastor Tom to go over the meaning behind believer’s baptism, visiting the church where it would take place (we met at White Mountain Christian Church in Show Low since it is much warmer than our meeting space at AICM), [...]
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