SPCC Blog for Tim tagged 'theology'

A True Story about selling posessions

tkquick198@comcast.net — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Here's a story from a member of our church family about their own struggle with deciding to sell possessions rather than allowing them to become an idol.

Every year I feel my relationship with God grow deeper. As that relationship with God evolves, all aspects of my personal life are affected. I think differently, I see and hear things differently and I feel things differently. As my relationship with him grows, I start to receive clarity in differ [...]

Perspectives on Pain - Part 3

tkquick198@comcast.net — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Sorry for the long delay in getting to this third section of our discussion on pain and God’s sovereignty. As I said, I was away in the Philippines for three weeks and am just now getting back up to speed. Well, “speed” may not be the most accurate term. But, lets say I’m getting started again and with a new set of responsibilities and schedules in my new role on staff here at church...

Anyways, it’s about time that I finished what we got start [...]

Perspectives on Pain - Part 2

tkquick198@comcast.net — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:00:00 +0100

In my first article on this subject, I asked that we look at things from a scriptural perspective. Let me heartily echo Aaron's statement regarding the importance of knowing what scripture meant to its original readers. We do need to understand context; historical, cultural and literary, before we can understand what God meant it to say to the original hearers.

Having said that, h [...]