Cruise control is a wonderful piece of technology found in most cars these days. I spend a fair amount of time traveling back and forth across our state on I-90 for various reasons and there's nothing like 70 MPH on cruise control. I do have a couple of rules for it's use though. I rarely use it when it is dark and never when the temperature is below 37 degrees. You're now asking yourself, "What has this got to do with Christian living in the context of a modern world?" Read on and see.
To Please God or to Please Man
To please God or to please man? That is the question. It's not exactly Shakespeare, but it is a question we must all answer as we face different decisions and challenges each and every day. It amazes me how many people are more concerned about what other people think of them than what God thinks of them. It also amazes me how often people quote Galatians 1:10 in an effort to justify carnal decisions they have already made.
Call to Action (Part II)
In Part I of Call to Action I talked about the first reason God gave the church (body of Christ) the gift of leaders. In Ephesians 4:11 we read that God gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and some teachers. The first reason is to equip the church for the work of the ministry. The church leadership trains up the church body, who in turn goes and does the work of the ministry, which is serving in their community and sphere of influence. Today I want to talk about the second reason God gave us the gifts he did in our church leadership. We see in the latter half of verse 12 church leadership exists to edify the church body. My dictionary defines edify as a verb that means to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually and to lift up.
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