Tag Archive | friendship
Church is not something we do, it’s what we’re called to be
I stumbled upon an encouraging blog some time ago and have enjoyed reading it ever since. The blog’s author is a pastor in the Midwest and has an excellent way of writing and pointing to God’s truth. Reading this today I had a couple thoughts. The first took me to James 2 where James writes: [...]
When did Christian community become obsolete?
My best friend’s name is Steve. We’ve known each other since high school in the late 70’s. How this fits into topics I’ve already covered has to do with what happened in our lives over a 12-month period a few years ago. After the collapse of my marriage and the ensuing divorce Steve was there [...]
What was God thinking?
Have you ever stopped to think about the Genesis account of creation in light of God’s own admission that something wasn’t good? After all, we see in Genesis 1 that after everything God created he declared it “good,” culminating with the creation of man, which He called “very good.” So why in chapter 2, verse [...]
The value of friendship: Priceless
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve seen this before and suspect there might be some truth to this tale. It’s something that’s been floating around the Internet and e-mails for some time. I took the liberty of editing it a little and reposting it here. It fits well with a previous blog I posted on how we can [...]
Suicide prevention through hope in Christ
I wonder how many of our friends who’ve come to that dark crossroads in their lives and decided upon the path to death would not have chosen it had we been more purposeful or available to them. I’ve learned of or known several people over the past couple years who have made the decision to [...]
Why do some Christians shun divorced people?
Divorce is a disease, but not the kind you’d think. It’s the product of a fallen, sinful world. It causes a whole host of very physical and psychological impacts in the adults involved, as well as their children. The pain of divorce has been described as that of a knife cutting through the body. This makes sense.
It’s not the divorce, but the rejection that hurts the deepest
A little more than two years ago I experienced a pain unlike any other pain I’ve ever felt. The symptoms had been there for years leading up to this moment in time when my world went momentarily black and my knees bucked under me. The next 30 minutes was, quite literally, the most physically painful [...]
How gossip destroys relationships
Simply put, gossip is the verbal reduction of someone else’s value as a person. And since we’re all created in God’s image, I would strongly argue that this makes gossip a sin. The Bible sure has plenty to say about the subject. I like the Apostle Paul’s words in Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of encouragement:
Thinking about divorce: get help now!
I was sharing with a friend of mine the other day a little tid bit on divorce. It comes from personal experience. This friend of mine, we’ll call him “Sam,” recently shared a bit about his life at a group gathering. With his wife next to him, the two shared how one incident (they did [...]
Friends
I can’t encourage you enough to be involved in a Christ-centered church where relationships are encouraged and fostered through fellowship. Don’t just go to church and then head for the door the moment the pastor says “amen.” Stick around; get involved; meet people.
