Coming to the Still Waters

     In going through this passage of 2 Peter 2, we find out what Peter is really upset about.  The church has gotten "sucked into" a different gospel that focuses on someone sharing something "new"; the "experience" factor minus the gospel; and the "greed" or selfish or consumer factor of what I can get from all of this.  I can't help but think of an illustration I used a couple years back that we so much want to be at the head of the line for everything when Jesus said it would be best to serve the line.      Then Peter goes on a "rant" about what is happening in the church.  Here is the list with my commentary on the church of today. "do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones" - our respect for our elders and people of spiritual position in the church has eroded so much that it has spilled over in our respect for the "name" of God - in many churches "OMG" has become a common phrase in...

     It just takes longer to get things done when you have cancer.  Little tasks become a little bigger and require a little more time.  Stephanie has said that I am quieter now.  I don't talk as much.  I think it is because I am so unsure of myself right now.  I know that I pray really hard before every sermon and go into the pulpit not as confident as I once was.  I think I fear that I will not recall all that I have studied even when I have a lot of it written down in front of me.  It could take awhile before I get that back.      Sunday's sermon was focused on how we can get sucked in to false teaching by just relying on what our eyes see and our ears hear, the senses.  We can get sucked into our fascination with something "new".  Also, we can get sucked in by what we can get.  This Sunday will be looking at how this has effected the life of the church.  Have we grabbed ahold of some of this fals...

     It had to be the wettest and coldest family camp that I can remember.  There wasn't even one cry to go to the beach all week.  Stephanie and I helped with the music throughout the week and I was called to preach on Thursday night.  By 6 o'clock pm I am feeling the drain so a night preaching assignment was a time to call upon God for strength.  My confidence in preaching is not what it used to be.  I am very unsure of myself when I get up there.  Many responded to the invitation to put the Bible back as authority in life to be listened to and obeyed so I give God the glory.        I am always amazed at how something written about 2000 years ago to the church is still very relevant today.  Peter is addressing the church about false teachings and teachers and their tactics and there is no problem linking it to today's world.  The first mentioned that sucks us in is the "new" factor. We are drawn to someone o...