Psalm 134 – The True Worship – Part 4
“What good is it?”, “What difference does it make?”, “What can I get from it?” These are the impressions that sometimes we get when we talk or mention worship to people. Most of them are not brave enough to say it, but the look, expression, and attitude tell it all – Worship has nothing to […]
Psalm 134 – The True Worship – Part 3
I became a Christian in the middle of what I can call spiritual revival in the Presbyterian Church in our region. Young people were being saved, kids were growing in their faith, sharing the Gospel, praying, studying the Bible, sometimes even without any adult around. It was something extraordinary. We were so thirsty for the […]
Psalm 134 – The True Worship – Part 2
For some of us Sunday morning is the most special time of the week. We go to church, we have fellowship with our brothers and sisters, and we worship God. We sing songs and hymns, we pray, and we listen to the Word of God preached and explained. For a growing part of the population […]
Psalm 134 – The True Worship – Part 1
My church in Brazil was one of the first ones in our city, which is the third largest city in the country, to put a drum set in the sanctuary. What seemed to be something simple became a nightmare. We had problems with other churches and with the Presbytery (The Presbyterian Regional Governing Body). It […]
Psalm 133 – The True Christian Fellowship – Part 3
Do you have a Facebook account? How many friends do you have there? How many are really your friends? Facebook has around 2.3 billion monthly active users around the world. More than 1.5 billion people on average log onto Facebook daily. Now, this next number you will find interesting, there are 83 million fake profiles, and you probably […]
Psalm 133 – The True Christian Fellowship – Part 2
Have you ever entered in a church and was welcomed by a stench? A smell so bad and strong that your first thought was to turn around and run for the parking lot? Maybe you had that experience in a different level. You enter the church and you sensed that something was wrong, because you […]
Psalm 133 – The True Christian Fellowship – Part 1
Please, ponder these questions: What are the activities that you do with your friends? How often you do them? Are your friends of the same age? How many people from the church are part of your inner-friends circle? Do you share your spiritual life with them? These are simple questions that help us to check […]
Psalm 132 – The True Church – Part 4
Jesus said that He would build His church, Paul wrote that the church is the body of Christ. We are the body, He is the head. As you can see, the church is a combination of Christ and His people. There is no church without redeemed people, and there is no church without the Redeemer. […]
Psalm 132 – The True Church – Part 3
Why is it so hard for us to grasp that the church is more than a building or an organization? Christianity in the west has this mindset that a building defines a church. A church, the real church is formed by people and God. The church is the encounter of redeemed people with their God. […]
Psalm 132 – The True Church – Part 2
We are more and more witnessing the individualization of our culture. We are isolating ourselves from people and we think that social media will substitute personal interaction. Believe it or not, this attitude is already present in the churches today. People think that they can attend church by sitting in front of a computer or […]