Peripatetics: The Art of Walking

Peripatetics: The Art of Walking

  
This page is for the students at Crossroads Bible Church in Double Oak, Texas, because...

We're convinced that walking with Christ is the truly abundant life. There's an art to it, and we're trying help each other live that kind of life. Maybe this will help...

archive

current
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
October 2006
January 2007
April 2009

Personal Blogs of Staffers

  • Brent McKinney, Pastor of Student Ministries
  • Nathan Lee, Director of Middle School Ministries
  • Steve Davis, Assistant for High School Ministries
  • Kristy Brown, Intern for High School Ministries

    • Other Links We Check Out Every Now And Then

  • Crossroads Bible Church
  • The Ooze
  • Christian Counter Culture
  • Lost and Found

    • Music That Should Be In Your Collection

  • As of Aug. 1, we're waiting on student suggestions

    • Books That Should Be On Your Shelves

  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  • The Vision and The Vow by Pete Greig
  • Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconnelli
  • Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

    • movies i'm digging

  • As of Aug. 1, we're waiting on student suggestions

    • Links to Student Blogs

  • As of Aug 1., we're waiting on student's permission

    •  

    This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

    Thursday, October 27, 2005

    But, How Do You Feel?

    More from Senior Pastor Tim Stevenson:

    "We possess emotions because God our Creator has emotions, and we are made in his image. In our fallen state, however, things are totally out of balance. Emotions, which were made to enrich life and respond to our choices, are instead running the whole show. Feelings make a great 'caboose' on the train of life, but they make a terrible 'engine.' Worldly people allow feelings to run their lives, determine what is true or false, and direct their moral decisions. That's why the culture around us is such a mess.

    There's only one way to life and health. And that is to choose to live according to God's Word as our standard, learning to make choices by faith according to truth, and allowing feelings to assume their proper place as responders...

    Live by feelings, and you'll inherit chaos. Only those who faithfully pursue the truth and put it into practice grow up in Christ, and prove useful in Christ's service.

    Besides making life decisions by feelings, there is another trap Christians fall into: the pursuit of experience and feelings for their own sake..."

    So, for today...do you see teenagers today as living by feelings as the "engine" or the "caboose?" Why or why not? Do you see Christians pursuing the experience and feelings by the things they "enjoy" about church? If yes, how?

    Brent 5:32 AM
    Comments:
    i think we are confused when it comes to how we do church. we want the experience but an experience with substance. we want to feel but deeply. we need to find a balance between teaching, learning and feeling. i would dare to say that our current generation of teenagers want to experience truth. not just feel it or hear about it. we want opportunities to live it and that includes the moment we walk through the door of a structure we call church and into what we call a worship service. my question is why do we only tie experience with emotion? sorry if i am going a different direction with this.
    posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 2:07 PM
     
    Post a Comment