Creative Space for Wanderers
and Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed. Whether an enormous earthquake (the consensus of the references I found) or some unknown catastrophic event, the wicked people of Sodom and Gomorrah were ultimately punished. Lot, his wife and two daughters flee at the bidding of the angels disguised as men “grasped his hand and the hands of his …
Fond memories of serving Christian Life Church in Milton, Florida from 2002 to 2005. We had a young family way back then and I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Middle School ministry, Discipleship Training (as a trainee) and some elementary school-aged ministry (Sunday morning worship and Vacation Bible School). Thanks to …
Are we keeping score? Outsiders are skeptical about our desire to put another notch in our belts and “get someone saved for Jesus!” Our methods for implementing the Great Commission () is tempered by the hypocrisy was discussed in the previous chapter. Only one-quarter of young outsiders firmly perceive that Christianity offers them “hope for …
Generation Gap Widening This chapter provides more background into the rest of the book and provides an introduction to the next six chapters. One of the interesting dichotomies is the strong desire for Mosaics and Busters to be part of a tribe while maintaining fierce individualism–perhaps disturbing is a better term. Fewer than one out …
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Seeing Christianity from the Outside Our research shows that many of those outside of Christianity, especially younger adults, have little trust in the Christian faith, and esteem for the lifestyle of Christ followers is quickly fading among outsiders. They admit their emotional and intellectual barriers go up when they are around Christians, and they reject …
Complete question: Why do you condemn homosexuality when it’s clear that God made gays and that he loves all people the same? Summary The Story of Jesus’ interactions with the Samaritan woman () provides a helpful model for our consideration Jesus modeled the need to affirm God’s love toward all people–including men and women ensnared in …
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