January 14, 2008
Why doesn't God DO SOMETHING?!
“If there is a God, why doesn’t he do something about the evil and brutality in the world?”
“I won’t worship a God who tolerates killing children, raping women, and other monstrously evil behavior.”
Someone recently posted a variation of these statements as a comment on this blog. He raised a good question. If there is a God, and if He is a loving God as Christians claim, how can he sit by and do nothing as millions of innocent people suffer?
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Posted by Avi on January 14, 2008 at 04:50 PM | Comments (30)
December 30, 2007
What does an effective church look like?
A while back, I posted on this site a rant, complaining about the state of American Christianity.
The rant, I am happy to say, drew several comments—nice to know someone reads these things—and some questions. So I feel compelled to write a follow up, though this will not be a rant.
There is a question about a church being the church in contemporary American culture. How can a church make a real difference where they are? And why do most churches make no difference in anything?
Question: If your church closed its doors tonight, would the people in your area know or care?
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Posted by Avi on December 30, 2007 at 04:26 PM | Comments (16)
December 06, 2007
I'm okay, you're okay. Really?
How do we judge our own spiritual health? What are the indicators of whether we are growing and thriving in our relationship with God and the world, or whether we are falling on our faces? How do we know we are not fooling ourselves?
Many would say, “I’m not where I would like to be, but I’m doing reasonably well. No overt sin, no rebellion, none of the nasties associated with living a ‘worldly’ life.” But am I seeing things clearly? Are you? Are we dealing with reality, or our own wishful thinking?
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Posted by Avi on December 06, 2007 at 02:34 PM | Comments (4)
