Great story! Love the old church picture in the background. I remember growing up & having Sunday school, and even VBS with some of my friends in this church still today. (It was inspector gadget themed one year, just right inside those front doors. The children’s minister/worship leader was a guy named Tony.)
Andrew, can you share what some of the books/materials you chose to read are? I have someone close with a lot of difficult questions about God that I’m unable to answer myself, as my own belief is faith based upon my own experiences with God.
From Andrew - Thanks for reaching out! Here are some that were really helpful - Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church Mere Christianity by CS Lewis The Reason for God by Tim Keller The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel I actually listened to an audio version of Mere Christianity and highly recommended that. The other three I got in the Pathways Center at church.
Good response to that is to stop following the organization that helped that happen and start following Jesus who had no organization at all. The organization arose after.
Thank you so much for posting the services. It is a huge help for folks like me that are home-bound. I would like to request, please, that you make the volume of your posting a bit louder if possible. I have to put my volume on high, both here on the video and on my speakers and still can only barely hear it. Other videos on YT are way too loud at this setting, so I know it is just these videos. thank you for anything you can do about this.
Name a instance when a nation or entire continent hasn't been destroyed once your religion has been introduced or where colonization wasn't preceded and fasilitated by your religion
So your counter argument is, "it was wrong, and instead we actually need more Christianity to spread the true message of Jesus." I think your response is lacking because if this has gone on for civilizations and generations do you think those words will actually induce change? It seems to gloss over the fact that Christianity has influenced war, conquest, commercialization, colonization and the eradication of so many religions personal to Indegenious communities. Your point that Christianity created hospitals is good but it after condoning slavery and forced labor/genocide it seems to be lacking considerable. If this problem has gone on for centuries what real steps must the church take to limit this exploitation? PS a 3 minute video for centuries of colonization seems tone deaf.
I appreciate so much the history given or the backstory of how Thessalonians came to be and the weaving into Acts. I’m always struck with passages that mention severe suffering and then hand in glove with the word joy. But joy isn’t anything I can create - right smack dab in the first couple of sentences it says “the joy given by the Holy Spirit”. Looking forward to next week!
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What would you suggest a wife does if she tries to invite her husband into spiritual conversations and ask him questions about Biblical things, and it makes him upset? He doesn’t want the pressure of sharing his input with me. He wants to keep his thoughts and beliefs to himself.
Sorry for the delay, this is a complicated question with a complicated answer for sure! Men have various reasons why they are uncomfortable talking about their thoughts and feelings. A common explanation is that he hasn’t thoroughly thought through the issue himself and would feel more comfortable talking about something that he is confident about rather than one that he might “get wrong”, so to speak. A second reason would be feeling like he isn’t living up to what he knows he should do and talking about it might open the door to being criticized. Men will avoid situations that create embarrassment, looking foolish, or being criticized. In order to help get the conversation going in this case, I’d suggest that you try the following (in order) - first, pray to ask for the Holy Spirit to soften his heart toward having a conversation with you and ask for insight on how to frame an invitation to a conversation with you. I’d pray these requests for a couple of weeks before extending an invitation to him again. Second, when you are ready to invite him into a conversation, you could frame your request like this, “I know that I have asked you for your thoughts about spiritual matters and you have said that you are uncomfortable talking about these topics. I would like you to know that I am asking you to just talk to me about where you are in your thoughts at this time. I want to get to know you better and have a deeper sense of what is important to you in your spiritual life. I also want you to know that I am praying for you and I would like to ask for God to help you to keep growing as a Christian and for Him to continue blessing our marriage.” Third, if he doesn’t respond in an open way at first, come back to the conversation in a couple of days. If he responds in a negative way, remind him that you are looking for his thoughts on where he is at spiritually at this time and that it would ok to change his mind over time. Third, keep praying that God will help you to find ways to connect as a couple. Prioritize positive interactions and experiences that help you to stay close as a couple. When a marital relationship is peaceful, couples are more apt to open up and talk about what they really think and feel. Fourth, consider being in a small group that allows for other men to be involved with your husband. He might be resistant at first because it would mean that he would have to talk to other people and develop relationships with others that he doesn’t know right now. However, if he is willing to do that, you would have other people asking him to open up and it would take some of the pressure off of you. Finally, If he remains resistant when you use these steps, keep praying and asking God to grow him to the point where he is willing to talk with you about spiritual matters and keep working on the quality of your marriage. Sometimes it takes more time than we would like for our spouses to grow through a conversation barrier or overcome the uneasiness of opening up to us on a more personal level. Hope this response is helpful.
