Cleaning fish before we catch them?

Jesus said, “Come and follow me and I’ll make you fishers of men.” I have a lot to say on this subject, but at this point I want to simply ask the question: are we trying to clean the fish before we even catch them.
How many of us try to …

Why Do They Hate Us? Part Two: We Don’t Understand Them.

That’s actually pretty important. It’s very clear that Christianity has adopted a mindset that is extremely forgetful of the rest of the world.
No everyone believes Christ and not everyone will.
Does that mean we don’t try to share the truth with them?Does that mean we should cram Jesus down everyone’s throat?
The …

making clones/robots

What does a Christian look like? Some would say Jesus. Others would say a good person, or a boring person, still others may say a moral person. Maybe they’re all right.
I think a Christian looks like Jesus, but there are specifics ways…
I think a Christian looks like a servant, like …

Wi-Fi Hotspot!

Open Arms Community Church is now officially a WIFI hostpot. A Wireless Network has been installed, and is accessible throughout the church.
We haven’t checked the reception around the outside, though it is accessible in the front parking lot.
So if youor someone you know has a WIFI card on your laptop …

Why Do They Hate Us? – Part One

Mat 5:10-16 “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.“Not only that–count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is …

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in my family (biological and spiritual) and friends.
God has so blessed my life with all of you. I’ve never been more blessed at any time in my life than I am right now.
I want you all to know that …

Hunger Strike

Well, something is DEFINITELY wrong with our pastor. I think it’s time someone had a talk with him.I mean, come on, a week without TV, and now a week without food?I much better like being a Christian on Sunday morning… This is just too hard.
Allright, that’s not my thoughts here …

Service or Serve-Us?

In this self-centered self-serving self-gratifying world system I’m suppossed to be different as a Christian. The love and power of God are suppossed to so change me that I come to the grand reality that life is not about me and my pleasure and my comfort and my happiness. Hmm? …

The art of recognizing good fruit?

An interesting thing has transpired in my life. God has brought me to the place where I do not ever feel the need to judge another in regard to their salvation when they profess to believe and follow Jesus, but don’t live like it.
In truth I know there are …

A Media Fast… Yikes…

Open Arms has been given a call. And it starts tomorrow.
I’m actually a little scared about this. I’m sitting here cramming… checking all my favorite websites, watching the Home and Garden Channel, and getting my “fix” to last me for five days.
TO be honest, I’m a junkie.
Television and the internet …

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