John Markum

Re:Church

Edgewood is very excited to bring a new event beginning on the weekend of September 17-18. In all 3 of our adult services (as well as Elevate, our youth service on Sun. 10:45am) we are bringing the focus back on church. A lot of people get out of church for many reasons:

  • Had a bad experience.
  • Got busy.
  • Got bored.
  • Got hurt…

And there are so many distractions, pressures, and priorities pulling us in every direction. Over and over in the Bible, we see God with this habit of not throwing things away. He recycles, restores, and rebuilds. This fall, it’s time to rediscover the God who has never once given up on you. Join us, and return to a church that wants to help you reconnect with God.

We’re believing God to do powerful things in many, many peoples lives this fall. If you haven’t been in church for awhile, we want to welcome you back for another look. We believe you’ll be surprised by what you find. If you are already in church, then this is a great opportunity to bring a friend with you. People reach people.

Begin praying now, and inviting others to experience God at Edgewood for Re:Church!

Blessings,

John

Who is your “least of these”? (Adam Herald)

This post is from my friend, Adam Herald’s blog “Procrastinating Tomorrow”. Adam and I worked together with a church planter in Florida the summer that I met Tiffany (He had a small part in that…).  Check out his blog here for more great posts by Adam!

This picture rips my heart out like Will and Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happiness.
I hate that movie.  Great movie.
I hate it. It rips my heart out.

Jesus said…
“… when you refused to help the least of these… you refused to help me.” – Matthew 25:45

In Matthew 14:14 the Bible says that when Jesus saw the huge crowd… he was moved with compassion.
Compassion leads to action… so Jesus healed their sick.

I met a lady yesterday that inspired me. I didn’t get her name.
But I got her kid’s names… Daniel… Sam… Kevin… and Rehab.
This lady has compassion to her “least of these”.
She adopts kids with special needs.  Kevin had downs syndrome.  Sam was severely autistic.
She adopted them because they had a need… love.

Who is your “least of these”?
How are you moving with compassion towards them?

We can’t procrastinate taking care of “the least of these”.

Stop putting off compassion… live for today.

ALL OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED!

In order to put these as neatly and concisely as reasonably possible, we have compiled all of the questions you have submitted onto this one reference post for your viewing benefit. Pastor Craig and I cannot thank you enough for all of the excellent questions submitted! We hope we did a good job answering them to your satisfaction. And always feel free to submit more questions to us via comment to these posts.

  • Part 1 Church and money, gay pride, Bigfoot, going through hard times…
  • Part 2Heaven, sharing your faith, sex-ed, piercings, tattoos, modesty…
  • Part 3 Dating, spiritual gifts, unbeliever’s prayers, Dinosaurs…
  • Part 4 Spirits/ghosts, exorcism, world religions, homosexuality, Power Rangers…
  • Part 5Predestination, ADD, “Unforgivable Sin”, Who is God, grace…
  • Part 6Faith and repentance, Jesus’ death, government, stealing, Heaven…
  • Part 7 Lucifer, Tree of good/evil, Heaven, deathbed confessions, evolution…

Blessings,

John

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