Spiritual Emphasis Month Guide Spiritual Emphasis Month Prayer Opportunities Live Prayer on Facebook (facebook.com/Ed.the.Pastor) and YouTube (youtube.com/EdThePastor) Tuesday at 6 pm Prayer Walk on Thursdays (see Daily Challenges) Sanctuary open 30 mins before Sunday services Discipleship Opportunities Wednesdays at 6:30 Daily Bible Challenges The Bible reading challenges are from books of the Bible that start with the letter “J.” The Gospel of John, The Epistle of James, 1st,2nd & 3rd John, Jude, Joshua, Judges, Job, Jeremiah, Joel, and Jonah. 5 mins listening or reading daily 5 Chapters a day reading or listening 5 Books of the Bible Fasting Please fast one meal on Friday and pray for your church Daily Guide January 2021 January 1 Fast one meal and pray for your church January 2 Spend 10 minutes thinking about what you can do for the Kingdom January 3 Come early...
Its number five on the Ten Commandments and it’s not just a rule for children. If you check out the context in Exodus 19 and 20 you will see that God spoke this and all of the commandments directly to the Children of Israel unlike the scene from Cecil B. DeMille. Christ later confirmed it as a commandment for adults in Matt. 15. But how do we as adults honor our parents? Our society has moved us out of extended families so it becomes harder for us to demonstrate this to our parents. I will first say that visiting the folks twice a year hardly counts towards honor as much as it relieves guilt. Think of the decisions that we have to make in which we could use some good advice. Instead of asking advice of people our own age is it possible that our parents with their greater life experience might be a better choice? Are you a new parent? Do you think your mother might know something about babies or event teen agers? Our pride often keeps us from going to a great source of child rearing k...
I'm sure that there has been much written on the topic of same sex marriage but after following the debate among several friends and friends of friends I have decided to enter the debate with what I believe the Bible has to say on the subject. I will make three brief points to my argument and try not to get bogged down. If you want to argue points, debate semantics or asked for greater detail please leave your e-mail address in the comment section below. The first argument is based on the reoccurring pattern for marriage within Scripture. A married couple is always depicted as a man and a woman. Nowhere is there any other model given for the marriage as a unit. From Adam and Eve to Aquila and Priscilla a married couple has always depicted as a man and a woman. Some may want to muddy the water by talking about polygamist relationships such as King Solomon and his multitude of wives but Solomon had multiple wives not husbands and he was in violation of God's law found in Deute...
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