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Faith column: It all starts here

Posted at 1:08 pm July 14, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Guest Columns 1 Comment

The message of humility is foundational to the advancement of the church in this day and age. God is calling His church to take on humility. Humble is the word that we as Christians should want Christ to write over us. As I looked up the meaning of the word humble, I found such definitions as modest, low in rank, not proud, modest opinion of one’s own importance or rank. As I look for a biblical definition, this is what I like, “When you are humble, you are free from pride and arrogance, you know that your flesh is inadequate, yet you also know that you are in Christ.”

2 Timothy 3 says that in the last days men will become proud, arrogant, and boastful. It goes on to say that they also lack the power of God. Could it be that the lack of power in today’s church is because it has lost humility? Could it be that the church has put more importance on education and intelligence and less importance on the infilling and power of the Holy Spirit? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: arrogance, Christ, God, grace, Holy Spirit, humble, humility, Living Water Fellowship, Oak Ridge, pride, Rich Bean

Faith column: We can accept limitations, or fumble along on false pride

Posted at 10:31 am January 13, 2013
By Joseph Westfall 1 Comment

It was a line from a Dirty Harry movie. The first time I heard it, I loved it. Such wisdom for a violent movie, yet the truth was so obvious. Make no mistake…man does have limitations! We may refuse to accept that; we may not want to recognize it, but it is a physical and spiritual truth.

I want to address this as our great church problem. We are supposed to be a people of faith in God. Yet, we consistently attempt to do things, in our own strength, which are beyond our ability. We seek new programs, new ideas, new pastors, NEW ANYTHING, rather than admit we are unable. As that old cliché says about Grandma finally giving up: “I guess we’re gonna’ have ta pray. It looks like it has came down to that!”

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Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: church, decision time, empty seats, false pride, God, Joseph M. Westfall, limitations, members, new programs, pride

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