http://izzytown.com/blog Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:36:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kary Oberbrunner's book is really challenging me right now.  He writes, Maybe we need to learn, or relearn, what it means to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind AND to love our neighbor as ourselves.  Maybe love is much more than we give it credit for. That's some good ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/06/a-little-thing-called-love/ In Kary Oberbrunner's book, The Fine Line, he describes three groups that are found in today's churches.  Seperatists: these people try to seperate themselves from society.  Conformists: these people will justify conforming themselves to society.  And then there are Transfortmists:  these are people "learning to balance Christianity and culture, loving ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/06/separatists-conformists-and-transformists/ Every person that was crucified by Rome had a written notice nailed above their heads on their cross. This labeled the criminal and their offense, and warned the rest of the people to not do what they did, or they would end up on a cross of their own! Jesus label, mockingly ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/05/this-is-the-king-of-the-jews/ Philip Yancey states, The strongest argument in favor of grace is the alternative, a world of ungrace. In the case of Peter, the disciple, this is starkly evident.  Peter was told he was going to deny Jesus three times.  Jesus told Peter that he has been praying for him that he would ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/05/the-power-of-forgiveness/ Here is a thought that I shared with theedge this past weekend, and I was going to see if it might get some of you thinking... If you don't intrust yourself to God, you will give yourself over to worry and anxiety... If you don't intrust others to God, you will try ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/04/do-you-really-trust-him/ At the Last Supper Jesus was correcting his disciples on their view of how they were to lead in the Kingdom. He said to them... "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them...But you are not to be like that." (Emphasis mine) The Kingdom of God is very different ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/04/surrender/ I'm reading Phillip Yancey's book, What's So Amazing About Grace, right now.  It is amazing. He gives his definition of grace in the book, it's a "two-parter"... "Grace means I cannot do anything that would make God love me more. Grace means I cannot do anything that would make God love me less." WOW. SO, ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/04/god-is-watching/ This Easter was a great one for the edge. We had a wonderful egg hunt / picnic on Saturday and we had 3 great services on Easter Sunday morning. As usual I will not talk about numbers. We don't talk about numbers here at the ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/04/reflection-on-resurrection-sunday/ Easter 2010 service times from Edge Church on Vimeo. http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/03/easter-on-the-edge-2/ I found this in a book I'm reading... Expect Pain. Expect to be misunderstood. Expect to be persecuted and expect it to come first from those who follow Jesus. Expect to be maligned, attacked, and ridiculed from all sides. Expect to grow tired and weary. Expect to want to give up. Expect to lose many old ... http://izzytown.com/blog/2010/03/expect/