In the last blog I pointed out that the church in Jerusalem seemed stuck on the fact that Jesus was “the Christ.” We see the same focus in the account of Stephen and the spread of the Gospel in conjunction with the resulting persecution.
When Stephen stood before the Pharisees, his indictment of them concluded with [...]
Archive for August, 2008
A Divine Obsession—The Focus of First Century Evangelism and Missions
Posted in *Divine Obsession on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Divine Obsession—The Focus of a Brand New Church
Posted in *Divine Obsession on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most who read this blog are familiar with the events in Acts 2—the Holy Spirit comes upon those early followers of Jesus who were meeting together, and they went out and proclaimed the Gospel in various languages to the Jewish people who had gathered to celebrate Pentecost. When Peter spoke, the focus of his message [...]
A Divine Obsession
Posted in *Divine Obsession, Uncategorized on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What are the things that consume us in our daily lives? What are we obsessed with? Success? Avoiding failure? Money? Recognition? Health? If the answer to that question were determined by our schedules, particularly in the area of discretionary time, what would those schedules reveal? Recreation? Entertainment? Time with the family? Career?
And what about our [...]
Some encouraging news
Posted in Uncategorized on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LifeWay Christian Stores has started a big promotion on my book “Getting the Most From God (but not how you might think!).” It is scheduled to be on sale now through October and is on display at the counter. THE PRICE IS $2.99!!! Such a deal!
Also, free discussion guides are available to download at www.GinoskoPublishing.com. [...]
