Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to […] The post How To Live On Mission: Learning From The Early Church appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by […] The post Fervent Prayer appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

It is so easy to lose your way even with directions. I have so often missed my turn even with the GPS voice nagging me by telling me I have already “arrived” because I was so focused on the directions that I didn’t see the road sign. I was so […] The post Lost-ness – Part 3 – Good & Bad Directions appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

A.W. Tozer went home to be with his Lord on May 12, 1963. Several days after his life on this earth ended his final thoughts were published in an essay entitled, “THE WANING AUTHORITY OF CHRIST IN THE CHURCHES”. Below is an abridged version. You can read the full essay […] The post A.W. Tozer’s Final Warning To The Church appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

Jesus wept. – John 11:35 There is so much to contemplate in these two simple words. Why did Jesus weep? Some of the mourners who saw Jesus weep assumed Jesus was grieving Lazarus’ death. Others there criticized Jesus for weeping instead of coming to heal Lazarus while there was a […] The post Jesus Wept appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

In our Americanized version of the New Testament church we often measure a local church’s health by how many people attend services, the number of programs that are offered, and the size of its budget, etc. This should not be surprising as in our society we view the success of […] The post The Fallacy of Church Growth appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” – Galatians 5:13 I love our country and I thank God we live in a country where we are free to serve and worship Jesus, […] The post True Freedom appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” – Psalms 42: 1-2 NIV As I was listening to “praise music” recently, I found myself thinking […] The post Lost-ness – Part 2 appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. […] The post How much should we focus on the Bible’s prophecies about the end times? appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—  yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a […] The post If The Lord Wills appeared first on Center Barnstead Christian Church ..read more