Hello everyone. This is an awesome teaching video that Francis Chan’s ministry produced about Israel. It’s an hour long and so worth watching so that you can understand the lateness of the hour that we are living in today.
https://www.crazylove.org/israelproject
I’ve learned a lot from Pastor Francis Chan last 13 years. You cannot go wrong with his teachings. I especially was impacted by this visual demonstration on the brevity of our lives on earth compared to eternity. Please watch this short 5 minute video clip:
Here’s the full sermon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfvbH4Ugj7M
I was recently going through his older messages and came across this from 2017. In here, Francis Chan talked about how he overcame his theology of cessationism (basically a theology that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit are done away with after the first church since we now have the Bible.) You should listen to this because this debate is still going on in the church. For a moment I also became a cessationist. I think my college church split up because of this debate too in the leadership. I wasn’t there when they split but that’s what I gathered from a conversation I had with a church friend who was still in our college. Unfortunately that was the last straw for me. I left the church, not finding another suitable home church once I graduated. I tried for about half a year and was considering visiting my college church one weekend to refresh myself when the news of their split came. I guess this is why I feel compelled to be available and stable in my faith for those who have moved on from my small groups. It’s nice when they reach out to me in times of crisis or personal needs.
For the nonbelievers, seekers and young believers; they really need to see unity and love in the church community. We don’t have to agree on every theological doctrines but we need to have unity and respect for each other. I’ve had many debates with believers about variety of religious doctrines, politics, policies, and culture. Sometimes the discussion can get heated. Since I personally understand how important it is to maintain our unity, I do my best to keep our relationship over being right. That means that I am the one who end the conversation graciously when I see that we won’t agree on the subject. In light of eternity, who cares. That subject won’t matter in 500 hundred years. What matters is that I’m involved in their life so that in times of crisis and near death, I can help them through their crisis and most importantly point them to Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 31 ministry had a great podcast on “How should I handle disagreements as a Christian?”Please listen to their good advice and thoughts, especially as politics are becoming increasingly divisive in our country and throughout the world:
Here is the Daniel show ticket being sold for a short movie theater performances. Please see link for tickets:
Ephesians 3:14-21 (NIV)
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rootedand established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(I shared this message with my prayer group several days ago and I’m finally getting a chance to post it here. This past Saturday, there was an attempt against President Trump’s life. Here is prophetess Cindy Jacobs message to her followers received today. Please read this and let us pray for our country. 🙏)
https://mailchi.mp/generals/hes-got-the-whole-world-in-his-hands-930466?e=8b4a306706
(This message by guest speaker, Os Hawkins at the Times Square Church last Tuesday was a timely message for the tumultuous times. I hope it helps you too.)
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