Dominican Republic June 2014 Team Updates
The Dominican Republic Team is on the ground and serving away in the community.
Check out the updates that Dietrich Gruen is sending home and keep the team in your prayers.
Applying the Gospel to Everything
Yesterday, Nic wrapped up a series we’ve been in for more than a year and a half. We’ve been looking through the Old Testament and finding Jesus on every page, just like He said we would. We’ve been looking at the Gospel through the Bible.
On Things Above
The normal assumption in secular culture is that the more heavenly minded a person is, the less earthly good they are. People assume that spiritual people are detached, impractical, and increasingly out of step with real life and the needs of the real world. They have always thought that, but have always been wrong. Jesus brought the purposes of heaven to earth, and in Colossians we learn why and how being of real earthly good requires us to be more heavenly minded, not less.
Join us on Sunday mornings starting June 29 going through Colossians, focusing On Things Above.
In addition to understanding Colossians, as our pastors, Nic and Lloyd, preach, they will model how to read an epistle (the letters in the New Testament) on your own.
Mentoring: An Investment Like None Other
2 Timothy 2:1-3 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 3 Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Titus 2:3-5 3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women to…” (NIV)
There’s a difference between seeking a shortcut and choosing to do the most effective thing. Being effective is being maximally efficient while avoiding the detrimental consequences of taking shortcuts that hurt you in the long run. Christianity has very few shortcuts, because Christianity is loving. However, there are more and less effective ways to grow and seek the benefits of following Christ. Continue reading Mentoring: An Investment Like None Other
Helpful Advice for Parents: Teens and Their “Risky” Brains
The land of adolescence seems to become more murky with each successive generation that passes through it . If you are a parent or someone who volunteers their time working with teenagers you know this. You also know how tricky it can be to help them navigate through those years. On one hand there are the trials and tribulations that mark the transformations of those “in-between” years known as puberty. And as if that wasn’t enough the other hand is full of the added complexities of living in the 21st Century.
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Engage & Equip 