Daniel Parkins's Blog, page 9
March 14, 2013
One Focus
Read: Galatians 6.12, Luke 16.14-15, Romans 5.6-10 Paul’s entire focus was the gospel and glory of Jesus Christ. One of the main things that motivated him in his earlier writings was to combat this idea of man-made religion that gloried in self; that of a religious pride. Those who believe in adding to the gospel [...]
March 4, 2013
Love is War
Read: Matthew 28.5-7 He walked the broken road for us and He fought the battle for us. Our enemy was His vanquished foe. In the grave of Christ, He held the hearts of the disciples; and there He holds our hearts. A gentle whisper began to circulate of His triumph yet it was impossible. It [...]
March 1, 2013
It Is Finished
Read: John 19.29-30, Acts 2.23-24 The earth and all the fullness of everything we see cannot compare to the implications and affects of these three words spoken by Christ on the day of His suffering. It is Christ who entered into our suffering and death. But His suffering came about because we are at odds [...]
February 26, 2013
Paperman
As I’m recovering from an amazing trip up to Mammoth with a bunch of High School kids, I stumbled upon this video. It won the Oscar for the animated short and it is called Paperman. Enjoy: Filed under: Thoughts
February 19, 2013
The Greatest Treasure
Read: Matthew 13.44-46, Philippians 3 Our society states that it’s greatest need is to come up with innovative ways to create money into the marketplace to help our floundering economy to bounce back. But what happens if we do this? Have you ever thought about it? What happens when our economy does bounce back? Or [...]
February 18, 2013
Dragon Slayers
I’ve been having an amazing time at my new job. Peninsula Community Church is a breath of fresh air; though our construction makes it a little hard to breath! Nonetheless, I love the staff and love all that we are about; our perspectives seem to be in the right place and there’s great unity there. [...]
February 14, 2013
A Thought Today
In the depth of winter, I finally realize that there is within me an invincible summer. That summer is my Christ, in whose strength and courage I esteem…and who, though my very heart aches with biting cold, promises to melt my decay and see me anew. The bud sleeps, and my flowers will soon shine [...]
February 13, 2013
Loving and Listening
This week I’m going over two demands of Christ with the first demand being that we love Him. How can Jesus demand that we love him? He says that our love for him must exceed the love we have for our mothers or fathers or brothers or sisters. The love that binds us to these [...]
February 4, 2013
Two Demands
When a person is born again through the power of the Spirit and experiences true repentance in their lives, our attitudes about Jesus changes. Jesus Christ himself becomes the central obsession and value of our lives. Before the new birth happens and repentance occurs, a hundred other things take our focus off of Christ and [...]
January 25, 2013
Updates to Celebrate
It’s been almost a month since I’ve blogged. Not something I’m accustomed to doing for there was a long while where I enjoyed writing almost as much as I enjoyed breathing. But now it seems I enjoy sleeping even more; hence my lack in writing. Last night may perhaps have been the best night sleep [...]
