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HereIAm – The Christian Layman

]]> Comment on HereIAm by Maria Smith https://www.christianlayman.com/here-i-am/hereiam/#comment-132 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:34:56 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/HereIAm.png#comment-132 Thank you for the article.

Great blog that I enjoyed reading.

]]> Comment on It’s Hard to Have a Beer With Jesus by Christian Layman https://www.christianlayman.com/its-hard-to-have-a-beer-with-jesus/#comment-131 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=293#comment-131 Bull Shit Jesus would be glad to have a beer with you maybe even two as long as it’s in moderation. But if you are too weak to drink one or two beers and they make you sick or you can’t stop until your drunk or your too pious or religious to have beer .. Then fine … Don’t have beer. But to say it’s pathetic to have beer in moderation is nothing but religious bull shit … Heck just as Jeus made the best wine in the house on that wedding day so also He might even make a great batch of brew … Get educated and get real …

]]> Comment on It’s Hard to Have a Beer With Jesus by Nathan Magnuson https://www.christianlayman.com/its-hard-to-have-a-beer-with-jesus/#comment-130 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=293#comment-130 In reply to Ryan.

I’m glad you mentioned hope. In the last year or so I’ve decided that there’s way more to what hope is all about that what most people probably figure out.

]]> Comment on It’s Hard to Have a Beer With Jesus by Ryan https://www.christianlayman.com/its-hard-to-have-a-beer-with-jesus/#comment-129 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=293#comment-129 I think you’re right that “the best answer might be to pursue the richness of a relationship with God that transcends circumstances (Phil 4:7,19). Maybe the perfect answer is that God is always enough” (Isa 46:3b-4), and we don’t need to give up on having an answer. I’m not saying that’s easy for the person struggling, but giving up would essentially be giving in to the sin of believing the opposite (James 4:17). But I think you are right that most of the time we live in a gap, but that’s the part that matters. God’s Word is clear that our life isn’t about the good times, especially since the best times are when God is closest, which is mostly during hard times, so despite the paradox, we can truly experience joy during trials. Not a silly sing-song type of joy, but a deep, meaningful hope (Rom 5:2b-5; I Pet 1:3-4).

]]> Comment on Church Small Group Best Practices by Nathan Magnuson https://www.christianlayman.com/church-small-group-best-practices/#comment-4 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=53#comment-4 In reply to Helen.

Helen, be well! I’m glad you found this post helpful. Small groups can be very special. The best way I’ve found to build ownership among others is just to ask people to help me or ask how I can help them (start their own). Thanks for the comment and God bless!

]]> Comment on Church Small Group Best Practices by Helen https://www.christianlayman.com/church-small-group-best-practices/#comment-3 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=53#comment-3 Thank you so much for these helpful tips. I found it very easy to follow and some I already started doing but I am still struggling at some. please pray for me to encourage others to start small groups and to be united with leaders of my church to have the same visions for our small groups and to encourage co- leaders to take part of creating small groups because it is the foundation for great spiritual Christ build communities and it is were we all experience God’s leadership and connection with us as his hands and feet to those who come into our church. I am one of the servants in a college meeting at an Egyptian Evangelical Presbyterian church in Giza, Egypt.

]]> Comment on The Christian Layman’s Manifesto by Welcome to My Blog | The Christian Layman https://www.christianlayman.com/the-christian-laymans-manifesto/#comment-2 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:11:44 +0000 http://www.christianlayman.com/?p=39#comment-2 […] If you’re a Christian layman, like I am, you may feel that you have something to add to the discussion on church, life, and following Jesus even though you didn’t go to seminary and don’t work for a church.  I feel the same way!  I go to an unbelievable church, National Community Church in Washington, DC with unbelievable leaders.  But regular people with regular jobs and lives, people like you and me, can still take the initiative to pull our own spiritual weight – and then a little extra – for the benefit of those around us.  That’s what spiritual leadership is all about.  You’ll hear more about this in the Christian Layman’s Manifesto. […]

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