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In this guest message by our Worship seminar leader - Tom Kraeuter - he asks whose shoes are you standing in? Satan is often known as the accuser, but we are also guilty of doing the same thing. Just like Job's "friends" made it more difficult when he was going through trials, do we do the same? Instead of judgement, we as a church body should cultivate an atmosphere of love, mercy, and forgiveness. Video of Message  When it comes to defining the Christian life, we evangelicals sometimes put so much emphasis on Bible study, doctrine, and intellectual understanding that we leave little room for affections and emotional experiences. Others of us put so much emphasis on emotions and personal experiences that we leave little room for solid Biblical principles. The result can be a very confusing picture of Christianity. But does it have to be this way? Does it have to be either/or; could it not be both/and? When we take the time to read our Bibles, we encounter a God who not only desires to be believed in but experienced as well. As we resume our study in 1 Timothy today, we discover that the Apostle Paul believed that pursuing the doctrines of God's Word should include matters of the heart, not replace them. Video of Message In his book, Doctrine Matters, author and pastor John Piper writes, “Doctrine is not a landing strip but a launching pad. It leads us to pursue preparation rather than ponder consummation, to lay hold on the greater things to come rather than lingering over the great things of the past. Christian doctrine is living and active and supernaturally supercharged to take us where we have not yet dreamed, in ways we have not yet dreamed.” Those are unexpected words to use for something many of us may find, well, . . . boring. But boring is the last word on the Apostle Paul's mind, however, as he describes the affect sound Biblical teaching has upon God's people. His passion is contagious as he writes to his young ministry assistant in 1 Timothy 1. Video not available for this message. Audio below.
 A video by the title "I love Jesus but hate the church" was released a few years ago designed to criticize dead religion more so than organized religion. But many were not paying attention, and only heard that organized religion is dead. The “I love Jesus, but cannot stand the church” mentality has become commonplace within some parts of Christian culture today. Facebook posts and tweets touting this anti-church brand of Christianity are rampant. It’s sort of the new catch phrase in religious circles. But is this Biblical faith? According to the Apostle Paul, it is not, and in the Book of 1 Timothy he outlines for young Timothy how love for Jesus and love for His church go hand in hand. Video of Message |
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