When you are good at something it is easy to look down on others, hoard information, do it all yourself and look awesome. But here’s the thing. It does no good for the kingdom of God. When you are being the body and not a member of the body, you are not considering the body. You are only considering yourself. …
One of the struggles I have is speaking with new people. I just find it so hard to be the first person to strike a conversation with a stranger or with someone who is relatively new. It takes till the other person breaks the ice for me to speak. Even after that I cannot seem to remain in a conversation …
Most of us understand that the process to growing in sanctification begins with understanding scripture. Step 1: Understand scripture Step 2: Grow in sanctification You have tried hard to grow in sanctification. You have worked hard to pay attention to sermons, private Bible reading and studying, you read books, memorize scripture. You do all things that are good for growth …
This video is published as a follow up to the sermon on Joel 2 which is a part of the Joel series.
It would be an interesting discussion to know what the phrase “love your neighbour” means to you. Would you comment below on what you think this phrase means and what are some ways we can go about loving our neighbour.
… if we stopped proclaiming the gospel? … if we no longer held to the centrality of Christ? … if we adopted a heresy? Would you still have the same set of friends from church? Are your friendships based on your commonalities – age, gender, income, ethnicity, hobbies etc.? Or are you attempting to make friends because of the bonds …
At Cross Cultured Church, we encourage reading as a part of both discipleship and learning. An excellent tool for readers is found in GoodReads. If you read regularly, you should use this app to help you with keeping track of what you have read. We have also created an account for Cross Cultured Church at GoodReads and are working on …
In yesterdays members’ meeting, the members voted affirming Sam and Arpan as elders. They were ordained and inducted into the church leadership as elders. They will serve in this capacity for three years after which they must be reaffirmed. Join me in praising God for them. This brings in a new era in the history of CCube.
As I write this article on eldership and me I am once again awed by God’s grace in my life. I am eternally indebted to Christ for having known me before the foundation of the world, living for me a perfect sinless life, suffering for me to the point of death, dying on the cruel cross in my stead, rising …
As we approach our first elder affirmation this Sunday, it would be a good for all of us to understand what it means to be an elder. An elder is expected: to lead a life worthy of emulation (Hebrews 13:7) to joyfully watch over the souls of the flock as one who will give an accounting for each of them to …
In my last sermon I dealt with two sins that hinder the pursuit of knowing the strength from joy of the Lord – covetousness and complacency. In my earlier post I had talked about dealing with covetousness, today I will talk about dealing with complacency. Complacency may be due the sin of feeling lazy or due to ignorance. When complacency is …