The Beauty of Church.

"There was once a community of believers who were so totally devoted to God that their life together was charged with the Spirit's power. In that band of Christ-followers, believers loved each other with a radical kind of love. They took off their masks and shared their lives with one another. They laughed and cried and prayed and sang and served together in authentic Christian fellowship. Those who had more shared freely with those who had less until socioeconomic barriers melted away. People related together in ways that bridged gender and racial chasms, and celebrated cultural differences.

makšķere

Šī rīta pārdomas ir par to, ko spēj darīt, un ko dara draudze. Draudze = ikviens kristietis.
Mēs izklaidējam, mēs aizkustinam, mēs informējam, mēs pat pabarojam. Bet vai draudze ir apmācīta reāli palīdzēt cilvēkiem tikt galā ar pavisam reālām dzīves problēmām?
Protams, atbilde uz visiem jautājumiem ir - Jēzus!
Jēzus ir tas, kurš izmaina cilvēka dzīvi; viņa sirdi un domas.
Jēzus ir tas, kurš spēj atrisināt ikvienu krīzi, problēmu. Viņš pat spēj pārvērst traģēdijas par lielu ieguvumu.
Bet tad kāpēc draudzēs un draudzei tuviem cilvēkiem joprojām ir problēmas atrisināt sasāpējušās situācijas? hmmm...

IT’S (PAST) TIME for A CHARISMATIC REFORMATION

In honor of Reformation Day, here are some complaints I’m nailing on the
Wittenberg door.

Long before there was an Occupy Wall Street, Martin Luther staged the most
important protest in history. He was upset because Roman Catholic officials
were promising people forgiveness or early escape from purgatory in exchange
for money.
So on October 31, 1517, Luther nailed a long list of complaints on the door
of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.

Luther’s famous 95 theses were translated from Latin into German and spread
abroad. Like a medieval Jeremiah, Luther dared to ask questions that had
never been asked, and he challenged a pope who was supposedly infallible.
Through this brave monk, the Holy Spirit sparked the Protestant Reformation
and restored the doctrine of grace to a church that had become corrupt,
religious, dysfunctional, political and spiritually dead.

No Other Name.

The reason why people don't want to define their belief an rather agree with an idea that there is one god for all the people and it doesn't matter what is his name is that they are afraid that their fate might not depend on their deeds but on something (or Someone) else. They don't want to be responsible before someone. They call it freedom. It is strange. My hope is in the freedom of Jesus Christ. I am not a good person. And will never be good enough to get it into heaven. My confidence is that He died for me so I don't have to die. I will live for Him. No other name in this whole world gives such a confidence.

My newsletter. September, 2011

Esmu kristietis, neesmu vīlies.

Saņēmu e-pasta ziņu, ka jāizplata viedoklis, ka kristieši ir vīlušies Zatlera Reformu partijā (ZRP).
Te nu es īsti nepiekrītu, tāpēc izplatīšu savu viedokli, kas kādam var likties arī stulbs. Ko lai saka - ir iespēja to nelasīt, vai arī sagremot un tikt tam pāri.
Man liekas muļķīgi, ka kristieši sagaida no nekristiešiem, ka tie rīkosies kristīgi. Un pēc tam, redz, ir vīlušies. Vai nav komiski? Traģikomiski!
Vai tas gadijumā nav slinkums? Mēs gribam, lai mūsu darbs tiek izdarīts mūsu vietā.

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