The WELL

Rudy Rasmus:   “Jesus was convincing me that He wanted me to live for Him: completely, totally, and absolutely.   That was the only reasonable response to His sacrifice for me.   As my heart changed, my values changed.” (from the book Touch , p. 32) How do we become Christian?  We sign up to follow Christ.  But why?  Because we recognize that we need Jesus.  It is not because we are so smart or so special.  The first step to recovery is admitting that we have a problem.  Likewise, the first step to redemption is admitting that we need a savior.  We could have a deep theological discussion about hardened hearts and ears that do not hear, we can say it was grace that allowed us to recognize our own wretchedness.  But the reality is: we got to this place of redemption because of Christ.  We are walking in forgiveness, daily.  If we as Christians could really grab hold to this and keep it on our minds, we would live more libe...

As Christians, we are supposed to know that stewardship is about your TIME, TALENT and the TITHE. Unfortunately, Stewardship Sunday is usually about the tithe and beyond in terms of financial giving.   Is everybody clear on that?   Let me just say that I started thinking back, and for as long as I can remember, every single church that I have ever been in talked about money on a regular basis.   I’m really wondering why we are still having this conversation.   Stewardship is about getting the work of the Kingdom done.   It requires time and talent, but it also requires a lot of money.   Now, does that mean that your time and talent aren’t important?   No, of course not.   It’s just that time and talent can’t be traded in for electricity or a bag of groceries or a plane ticket to an underdeveloped country or the supplies to dig wells and initiate agricultural projects.   Does it take time and talent to get these things done?   Y...