Christmas Party Help

Here is a link to a list of ten questions to ask at a Christmas Party. Check them out. I think that these questions might help you learn more about other people, start good conversations and be able to talk about the Lord Jesus during the Christmas season.

http://biblicalspirituality.org/xmas.html

A Challenging Thought

Here is a link to a blog that I found to be sobering and challenging. This morning, two of my sons asked me if I had an ugly sweater they could wear to school. It is ugly sweater day. Sadly, I did have sweaters that they considered ugly. At one point, those sweaters looked good, and to be honest, I think at least one of them still does. Styles come and go. I am becoming increasingly convinced that we have made too much of style in lots of areas in life, especially church. As Steve Green sand 25 years ago, people need the Lord. The link below reminds me that I need to celebrate Jesus and the good news His birth, death and resurrection create. Please click on the link and celebrate the good news of Jesus. I pray that our sons and our daughter look back when I die and say, "Dad made a big deal of Jesus for us, not a certain style of church. And for that, we are thankful he was our Dad." My sweaters might be ugly, but may I never distort things in a way that makes Jesus or His good news look ugly.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/12/09/what-you-celebrate-as-a-church-is-just-as-important-as-what-you-believe/

Not a Good Sequence: NFL Receiver Drops the Pass then Trash Talks God

Here is an interesting post concerning a NFL receiver blaming God that the receiver dropped a pass.

Not a Good Sequence: NFL Receiver Drops the Pass then Trash Talks God