What is a Sound Heart?
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under My Faith, Randomness
Let my heart be sound in Your statutes, that I be not ashamed. Psalms 119:80
Some characteristics of a sound heart.
- A simplicity in serving God.
- A humble spirit.
- A godly sincerity.
- A brokenness of heart.
- A love for the Savior.
- A dependence on His grace.
Tags: Humility, Simplicity, Sincerity
Is their anything more important than prayer and Bible study?
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under My Faith, Randomness
This last Wednesday during our prayer and Bible study it dawned on me that this is the most important duty of a Christian. People get so caught up in doing good deeds that they neglect the most important thing. Some people will do good deeds to cover up their poor or non-existent relationship with God. All the while they feel good for doing good, but neglected the Lord. Jesus talked about this in Matthew 7
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7:21-23
The bottom line is prayer is talking to God and Bible study is God talking to the Christian, and if there is no communication, there is no relationship! All all the good deeds in the world cant make up for that!
Tags: Bible Study, Prayer
Three Points About Victoria Osteen Being Sued…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under Christianity In Crisis, My Faith, Randomness, Web Clips
Their has been much news lately about the lawsuit filed against Victoria Osteen (Co-pastor of Houston’s Lakewood Church - one of the largest churches in America and wife of Joel Osteen) for assaulting a flight attendant on a 2005 Continental Airlines flight to Vail, Colorado.
While I have many opinions about Victoria Osteen and the Lakewood church, I will keep them to myself. I would however like to share some thoughts about the law suit and all the publicity surrounding it.
Tags: Christianity, Church, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, Lawsuit, Victoria Osteen
John Wesley Looks So Sad…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under Christianity In Crisis, My Faith, Randomness
I wonder what his thoughts would be about todays Methodist Church and the slippery slope that they are on.
http://mondaymorninginsight.com/index.php/site/comments/united_methodists_and_satan/
Tags: John Wesley, Methodist, United
The Goodness of God…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under My Faith, Randomness
You are good, and do good: teach me Your statutes. Psalms 119:68
- When He gives happiness without merit, it is grace.
- When He bestows happiness against merit, it is mercy.
- When He puts up with provoking rebels, it is patience.
- When He performs His promise, it is truth.
- When He sympathizes with a distressed person, it is pity.
- When He supplies a poor person, it is bounty.
- When He supports an innocent person, it is righteousness.
- When He pardons a humble person, it is mercy.All summed up in this one name—Goodness.
A ‘Dark Night’ for Our Society…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under My Free Time, Randomness, The Moral Decline, Video
* NOTE: In this post I refer to Heath Ledger’s death as a suicide. The official report of his death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.
This week, all the buzz has been about the new Batman movie ‘Dark Night’. The new Batman movie has been described as dark and disturbing because of the character ‘The Joker’ played by Heath Ledger which is portrayed as a psychopath who kills without regard or reason. Including impaling a pencil through a person’s head, surgically implanting a bomb in a man, lighting fire to a stack of money tied up to a man and slicing open people’s faces
The ‘Dark Night’ movie has been made more interesting because of the actor Heath Ledger. Many movie goers are watching this film with morbid interest knowing that Heath Ledger committed suicide shortly after he finished filming the Batman movie. Some have said that Heath Ledger’s character, the Joker was such a dark and demented character, that it played a significant role in Heath Ledger’s death.
Once again the entertainment crowd has placed the subject of suicide to the frontage of the societal spectrum. Heath Ledger will probably become a folk hero similar to Elvis Presley and James Dean. The famous picture “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” will now have Mr. Ledger sitting next to Marilyn Monroe.
What is most unbelievable is that Heath Ledger just might win an Academy Award for his performance. That would be typical of our society, honoring a person who killed himself. Our young people will see the coolness of Heath Ledger’s ‘Joker’, painting their faces to look like the character, thinking about how awesome it was for Heath to go out on top. There is nothing cool about killing yourself, God has given us the gift of life and we do not appreciate it. Many of our young people have been tricked into believing that death is better than life.
Our world has become a world without hope a world that thrives off of darkness. Death is interesting, death makes money. The more disturbing a movie is, the more tickets it sells. Good is bad and bad is good.
Tags: Batman, Dark Night, Death, Heath Ledger, Joker, Suicide
This Upsets Me…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under Christianity In Crisis, Randomness, The Moral Decline
T.D. Jakes is a well respected minister and I have enjoyed some of the sermons I have heard him preach, but the tagline on his book is absolutely repulsive. ‘Tapping the power of the Holy Spirit in YOU!’ C’mon! The Holy Spirit is not a genie in a lamp that you can rub anytime you need him.
Tags: Books, Release Your Anointing, T.D. Jakes
Those who would give up…
Posted by Pastor Kurt | Filed under Quotes, Randomness, Web Clips
Those who would give essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Liberty
