Connect and reconnect

Theological thoughts to set the record straight on 10 misconceptions about the Church and its relationship with culture and society.   1. The church only faces real danger from external threats when it has already been significantly weakened by internal conflicts. Response: This statement overlooks the persistent and significant external threats against the Church throughout history. Internal conflict certainly weakens her, but external threats require double vigilance and steadfastness in faith (Ephesians 6:10-18). Especially for the fact that conflicts inside the Church can be addressed and settled with the Word, while external threats are the ones who battle against the Word. In other Words, internal conflicts may be an opportunity for strengthening the Church in the Word, while external threats are the occasion in which failure and destruction may fall upon a given congregation/Church body. The  Book of Concord emphasizes that both internal discord and external persecution hav

  Text: Mark 6:30-44 Theme:  The finish line is the starting point ______________________ Intr –   We were coming down the mountain after a few good hours with the Master. He had invited us, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” I have to say that was a much-expected invitation by all of us, after all the coming and going, and having no spare time sometimes even to eat. How refreshing it was to have this moment with him. A jarring feeling of reassurance and comfort! So we went away in the boat to a desolate place by ourselves. That took place after we returned from Jesus sending, two by two, and told Him all we had done and taught. I, Phillip, myself didn’t actually talk much, but I was happy to hear my fellow apostles telling many different stories. Some were encouraging, some were sad, like Peter telling when he actually had to shake the dust off of his feet, or John depicting the occasion where he preached to over five hundred people, and