The Church and Men

Mike | February 12, 2009

As you may be able to tell, I’m reading through the book of Revelation.  I’ve never read it all the way through before, so I thought I would.  I’ve read the letters to the seven churches before, even taught some lessons on them in early in my teaching “career.”  This morning it was the letter [...]

Your First Love

Mike | February 9, 2009

Read Jesus’ letter to the church at Ephesus this morning.
As far as the church (our churches) goes here’s what I wrote.
But I was drawn Jesus’ words, “You have forsaken your first love.” The more I thought about those words the more I thought about the church’s relationship to Jesus.  He is their groom and the [...]

Relating

Mike | February 2, 2009

Sometime last week there was a copy of Purpose Driven Connection, a magazine put out by purposedriven.com in my box at the church so I threw it on my desk to read later.  Yesterday morning (Sunday) I picked it up and thumbed through it.  I came across a an article called “Are You Connected?” The [...]