One of the things the faith family at FFC is attempting to do during December this year is “get out of the church building” (thanks, kids, for the needed reminder in your musical on December 2). We want this season to be more about God’s kingdom … Read More
A Pastor and His Physical Health (Part 2): One Man’s Experience
A previous post about a pastor and his physical health generated a good bit of ‘healthy’ discussion (pun intended). So after several online questions and in-person conversations, all which were nudging me to share more specifics from my own experience, here goes! But first, a … Read More
Q Zone: AAA (Answers from Acts 5 about Ananias)
The first “negative” story in the life of the early church brought about some good questions from our listeners this past Sunday. Let me take a shot at these as we hopefully glean more from the tragic narrative of Ananias and Sapphira. 1. How do we tie … Read More
Jewish Holidays: A Humorous Summary
I’ve been in Israel for the past week or so, and our guide, whom we know as Pitch (but whose real name is Abraham) is quite funny. He’s a Jew, an archeologist, and does a really good job bringing out the history and geography of … Read More
Q Zone: More than a Meal
As we finished up Acts 2 a few weeks ago, and saw the early church engaging in those four fundamental habits (2:42-47), an interesting question was posed: Was every time they broke bread a truly spiritual time, or just eating to eat? If you recall, … Read More
Q Zone: Why Not More?
After two weeks of large group teaching and further small group discussion on the healing in Acts 3, one question that keeps surfacing repeatedly goes something like this: It seems that these kinds of miraculous things happen in other countries more than here in the … Read More
Q Zone: Evaluating Political Leaders
Even though we are currently in Acts 3 as a church, one of the questions texted in during our service was from left field (or maybe right field, depending on your party affiliation): What are the biblical principles by which we should evaluate our political leaders? First, … Read More