Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

Our Plan for Handling Church Finances

The elders of Christ Fellowship spent several weeks studying the subject of church finances. Our desire was to honor God by following the leadership of the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ. We focused on numerous passages of Scripture in an attempt to properly understand more of what the Bible teaches on this subject. While we did not conclude that we had been disobedient to God in the way we had handled church finances previously, our study did provide us…

Dear Eden from Sweden

I write poetry for my grandchildren as their “PaJim.” This is one. We have a strain of Swedish ancestry on my wife’s side — a farm family in Sweden who moved to Canada and then to Minnesota in the 1800s. This poem reflects that connection. Likely the members of that family used “kulning” to call the cattle. Before you read this poem, listen to the enchanting kuhning of Jonna Jinton at this address to understand the poem better: https://youtu.be/KvtT3UyhibQ?feature=shared. The…

Closing With Christ: Rethinking What Has Become Sacrosanct

[This is an article written many years ago now, but still useful for many of us. My tone was fairly strong because of the urgency I felt. I still hope it stirs us up. Thank you for reading it.] When modern evangelical churches seek to bring the unregenerate to Christ (and they should do so with passion), they often fall prey to a formula which produces disappointing results. The pattern runs something like this: Extending a public altar call Praying…

That’s Daddy!

You know what it’s like to feel all alone, even afraid, but then somebody comes along and just their presence brightens your outlook and gives you strength. Joshua was faced with an overwhelming situation as he was about to lead the Israelites across the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Moses was now dead, so this monumental, lonely leadership task fell to Joshua. At this moment, the Lord charged him, “Be strong and courageous” (Joshua 1:6, 9). But where would…