Voices

The church in America today is lacking.   As a matter of fact, the church in America is very sick.   Now, I am not necessarily talking about spiritual sickness here.   Quite frankly, most people in the pews each week have vastly neglected one of the major gifts that God has put us in stewardship of: our bodies.   We have chosen the chair over the chin-up and the sofa over the smith machine.   Our bodies are important.   The body is mentioned 224 time in the Bible.   Here are a few ideas when it comes to the body and the Bible: 1.       We need the body to exist on this physical plane, that’s why God made it – Genesis 1:26-31 2.       Jesus recognized the body was a part of worship – Luke 10:27, Mark 12:30,33 3.       We cannot serve one another without the body – 1 Peter 4:10 4.       Jesus had a body and we are called the body of Christ – M...

As I sit here this morning, the holiday season is coming to a close.  The kids will be back in school and life will be back to what we would consider normal.  Two weeks off of school and parents look at each other at some point during this time and jokingly state, "When does school start again?"  This is usually in response to a time when quiet would be most welcomed in the midst of noise, arguing over who gets to sit where, and general chaos.  I chuckle and wonder where does this conversation that has been going on in my head about grace and peace fit into all this? The angel praised God in Luke 2:14, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased." (NASB)  God's desire is that peace reigns on earth.  That can only happen when one's soul is rescued from sin by the grace that it is extended through Jesus, the Christ by believing and admitting that He is Lord and has risen from the dead.  (Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9-10...