A few days ago a student asked me if I thought the church today could be like the church in the Bible. After dispensing my usual sarcastic response (“You mean like the church in Corinth where people have all kinds of sexual immorality and get drunk at the Lord’s Supper…yeah, we could probably do that“) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holy Spirit’
Dreaming about the the Christian Community Could Do…(Part 1)
Posted in Campus Ministry, Ponderings, tagged Campus Ministry, Christian community, Holy Spirit, Jesus, ministry, politics, theology on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Campus at PSU Berks – Relearning at the Start of the Year
Posted in Campus Ministry, tagged Campus Ministry, CSF, Holy Spirit, ministry on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first week of campus ministry is history! As I mentioned in a post last week, I have already had some adventures with students! Following that, last Tuesday night we had our annual care package handout. Each year I invite local churches to donate care packages which we will then hand out to students. I [...]
Almost Christian 4: Generative Faith
Posted in College Culture, tagged almost christian, Christian community, emerging adulthood, family, Holy Spirit, hope, ministry, mission, trends on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the central questions the NSYR gives input on is what factors in a teenager’s life put her on a path to being a committed religious adult? It would be tempting to read a book like Almost Christian looking for the “key” to making teenagers into lifelong people of faith. If that is what [...]
Summer in Thessalonica – How Should We Live?
Posted in Bible Study, tagged bible, Christian community, daily life, discipleship, holiness, Holy Spirit on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
5:4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are [...]
Summer in Thessalonica – Strength
Posted in Bible Study, tagged bible, Holy Spirit, strength on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
3:1 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. 2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be unsettled [...]
Summer in Thessalonica 4 – Transformation
Posted in Bible Study, tagged bible, discipleship, Holy Spirit, suffering, Trinity on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of God’s churches [...]
