Okay, just had an old friend of mine over from my college days. He has moved back to town from Louisville, KY. where he was finishing up his MDiv. I spilled my guts about how my desire is to start a para-church educational ministry. Basically, the purpose would be to get educational materials into the hands of individual believers, small groups and local churches for no cost or as little cost as possible.
The reason I would like to do this may come off as insulting in the beginning, but that is not my intention in the slightest way. We need to Reform Christian Education in local churches. Many Christian are wildly ignorant of theological concepts, church history, how to properly defend their faith and so on. I believe that all of this is about the word of God dwelling richly within us. Why? In Church History we see how powerfully God used the simple means of preaching the word and prayer, in the study of theology we see beautiful and glorious doctrines which can be and should be applied to every day life. There is not ONE DOCTRINE in the Bible that is not useful for the average person in the church pew. How do I know? Simple, the God of the Universe does not waste words. As far as defending one’s faith, we are talking about being able to adequately state the facts of the Life of Christ, the Resurrection and etc…to those who do not believe in a clear and understandable way.
I do not in anyway hold myself up as the beacon of understanding in these things, and write now I am under obligation by my God, my wife and several brothers in Christ to finish the book I am currently working on concerning the topic of Meditation. That means that in the coming months I would love to recruit people to help be writers as part of this site. I will do some searching on my own, but if people have any ideas or desire to jump on board without being sought, by all means.
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