Blog Updates

How To Come to Jesus

For this week’s blog, check out these thoughts on “how to come to Jesus” from my friend, John Estorge. John is the pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Winterville, NC.

Blessings,

Cole

In our troubled, fallen world, there are many things about which to be angry. While anger in itself is not wrong, sometimes our response to it is. Even when we have a right to be mad, our anger, if left unchecked, can quickly morph into malicious thoughts of revenge.

Curing Spiritual Dryness

As the semester starts, many of us are suffering from a rather common, but painful, affliction called “spiritual dryness.” If that’s the case for you, don’t be surprised: all Christians experience seasons when it seems that God is far away or inaccessible—times when we long for the Lord, but cannot seem to satisfy our thirst for Him. Perhaps lately you’ve felt like Martin Luther, who complained that, at times, God seemed to him to be hidden and covered, like a “sun obscured by clouds.” What are we to do when we find ourselves in a season of drought? Psalms 42 and 43 point us in the right direction.

Come As You Are

“Don’t you know that sinners are the only kinds of men that Jesus can love?” William Still, a Scottish pastor, once asked this question to a young student who, though pretending to ‘have it together,’ was really quite a mess inside.

Questions on the Bible and Science

Three questions (and they may be composites) were relayed to me, and each is worthy of considerable discussion. I will do my best to respond, but I want to emphasize, as I did in my talk, that these issues are not fundamentals of the Christian faith. There is ample room for disagreement. The point here is simply to show the existence of credible explanations that respect both the authority of Scripture and sound scientific evidence. — Dr. Constance K. Walker

Questions about Homosexuality

Thanks to Bill Henson of FOTOS Ministries for coming to visit Cru last week. He gave us much to think about with reference to the relationship b/t the church and the LGBT community. Here are his answers to several of the questions you posed. If you’d like to hear more from Bill or have a follow up question, please visit his website at www.fishontheotherside.org or email him at bjhenson@gmail.com.

Question on the Reliability of the Bible:

Thank you for submitting your questions about the trustworthiness of the Bible! This week we chose just one question, but it is a very interesting one that requires a longer response. Hope this generates some good conversation, especially for those of you taking the New Testament class right now.

Some responses to questions about hell

Thank you for submitting your questions about the biblical concept of hell. Here are some responses to five of the questions. Hope this is helpful for you as you continue to explore the implications of this difficult doctrine. Read more…

Welcome To The Weekly Meeting Blog

We will be using this blog throughout the coming month as a place to answer questions from our new Weekly Meeting Series “Hard To Believe: Reasons Why Christianity Seems Implausible”

Look for updates here over the next few weeks, and send you questions to Cole as you hear his talks, starting with tonight’s talk “Hell?…Yes”