Not Growing Old

They say that I am growing old;
I’ve heard them tell it times untold,
In language plain and bold–
But I’m not growing old.
This frail shell in which I dwell
Is growing old, I know full well–
But I am not the shell.
What if my hair is turning gray?
Gray hairs are honorable, they [...]

The Universal Church is a company of called out believers in Jesus Christ and they make up the Body of Christ and belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. So what is the Local church?
In the Bible, the local church is a group of professed believers gathered together in one location. In the Book of Acts [...]

We see that the church is a building of God, but it is not man made, even though it is made up of people. 1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the foundation and the chief cornerstone of the Church. Eph 2:20-22 [...]

Isaiah 30:9-11 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:  (10)  Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:  (11)  Get you out of the way, turn aside out [...]

Jeremiah 23:13-16 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.  (14)  I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from [...]

Jeremiah 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
Now here is the rebuke for the religious leaders of Jeremiah’s time. I do [...]

The Gospel is a fact; therefore tell it simply.
The Gospel is a joyful fact; therefore tell it cheerfully.
The Gospel is an entrusted fact; therefore tell it faithfully.
The Gospel is a fact of infinite moment; therefore tell it earnestly.
The Gospel is a fact of infinite love; therefore tell it feelingly.
The Gospel is a fact of difficult [...]

Continuing the interview of Rob Bell by Christianity Today. My comments will be in bold italics.
You say, “Jesus wants to save us from making the Good News about another world and not this one.” What do you mean?
The story is about God’s intentions to bring about a new heaven and a new earth, and the [...]

Rob Bell, the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church is going on tour. The name of the tour is: The Drop Like Stars Tour. The promotion reads:
We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t [...]