Our church has also experienced the struggle with study material for Coffee Break and small groups. People don't want to put anything INTO the process, they want to come and receive the information because they're too busy to study at home. But I found that the times I've learned the most is when I was the leader - I HAD to put into the group in order to receive. If we put into, we receive, and our faith grows.
For starters, my wish for a new pope would hope for a man who does not think that he is the "infallable representative of God on earth". After all, why do we put up with that? He cannot possible be representing a God who states that only He is infallable and to even recognise a meer man as infallable really gets my dander up! Do we need to accept a Pope at all, as Bible believing Christians? He may be "proclaiming the Word of God" - but then, a pope thinks he's a god! (I did not put a capital letter on that for a reason.) And who is this pope leading people to? An infallable, one only TRUE God? Hmm, the RCC has changed a lot, but that is one major flaw we should not accept.
So then it's like putting on the "ritz"...infallible when needed, otherwise he's just a commoner like us! That must work really well. Sorry, I'm sticking with the Reformed view of this, only God the Father is infallible!
I used the tablet a few times for the children's message because pictures can be accessed and shown for the message. They connect to technology and pay attention to it. My husband is visually impared and if he were not so conscious about it, he would use the pad to read the Bible passage. Too many people frown on it yet so we must get them educated on these points. Another 8 years ought to do it!
Posted in: Creating Small Groups for Bible Engagement
Our church has also experienced the struggle with study material for Coffee Break and small groups. People don't want to put anything INTO the process, they want to come and receive the information because they're too busy to study at home. But I found that the times I've learned the most is when I was the leader - I HAD to put into the group in order to receive. If we put into, we receive, and our faith grows.
Posted in: The Pope as Evangelist
For starters, my wish for a new pope would hope for a man who does not think that he is the "infallable representative of God on earth". After all, why do we put up with that? He cannot possible be representing a God who states that only He is infallable and to even recognise a meer man as infallable really gets my dander up! Do we need to accept a Pope at all, as Bible believing Christians? He may be "proclaiming the Word of God" - but then, a pope thinks he's a god! (I did not put a capital letter on that for a reason.) And who is this pope leading people to? An infallable, one only TRUE God? Hmm, the RCC has changed a lot, but that is one major flaw we should not accept.
Posted in: The Pope as Evangelist
So then it's like putting on the "ritz"...infallible when needed, otherwise he's just a commoner like us! That must work really well. Sorry, I'm sticking with the Reformed view of this, only God the Father is infallible!
Posted in: Tablets in Church?
I used the tablet a few times for the children's message because pictures can be accessed and shown for the message. They connect to technology and pay attention to it. My husband is visually impared and if he were not so conscious about it, he would use the pad to read the Bible passage. Too many people frown on it yet so we must get them educated on these points. Another 8 years ought to do it!