Excerpt taken from:  http://theologica.blogspot.com/
The Gospel-Centered Life: Small Group Curriculum

Here’s a new small-group curriculum that looks very helpful: The Gospel-Centered Life: A Nine Lesson Study, published by World Harvest Mission. You can sign-up for a free full-length review copy by email; or download a sample lesson, the table of contents, and/or the introduction.
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Our love of money more than people is robbing our testimony before the world and our ability to care for the world the way Jesus does.  When we believe that our money and the opportunities it affords us is more important than the opportunities that money affords the kingdom of God, we have made a [...]

Well we are about a week away from starting our new series “Ask Any Question.”  The questions keep coming in and I’m asking myself, “What was the Lord thinking when He gave me this idea?”  It’s going to take me months to answer all these questions… But guess what?  That’s what I want.
Who is answering [...]

After twenty eight chapters of Acts I’m scratching my head saying, “How in the world did we get so off track from what the church is all about?”  I don’t say this in a way that calibrates me and “my church” as having arrived… But I’m saying to myself, “Where did we miss it?”
Within the [...]

In a time when few people are discussing race and its response to the gospel, Kim Cash Tate shares her story of a real collision between her racial identity and a radical faith in Jesus Christ.  Here’s an interview with Janet Parshall’s America – Click (Select January 13, 2009 — Hour 3

Being over 40 has caused me to become a little more aware of my health.  I’ve been popping vitamins, walking on a treadmill, doing aerobic exercises, watching what I eat and doing a lot of research on the web about health/fitness.
Early this morning while I was reading I noticed that I was holding my breath.  [...]

In the spirit of “Facing the Truth Before Our Righteous Judge” I have attached a riveting message from my friend to our longed for president.  Please pray for repentance and courage to stand for truth!  Be Courageous, Mr. President

Are women leveraging the power of their influence over men?  In a recent article, ABC News reports on the appropriate way for women to celebrate their breasts for their own benefit, even in the workplace.  Could our Christian sisters be subtly buying into the “dressed up” and unspoken messages of the drivers of fashion in our culture?  [...]

Why aren’t Christians and Christian leaders publicly educating people about the suggestive impact that visible breast cleavage is having on our women, men, young boys and young girls?  Let’s send an APB out that alerts our sisters that it’s destroying the body of Christ.  Sensual fashion designers have duped Christian women into believing that clothes and “showing a little” doesn’t hurt [...]

We jumped right into our study this past Sunday dealing with the four characteristics of the word of God.  We chose not to delve into canonization in order not to become too detailed in our study.  It was fun!  Alot of great questions and incredible insights.
 Authority of Scripture (pg.13, 14): 

“thus says the Lord” demonstrates the [...]