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Soul and Spirit

So here we are in the Baptist Faith and Message Class at our church and I am facilitating and I am breezing through the section on "man" and the question comes.

What's up with this whole soul and spirit thing?

So I explain the trichotomy/dichotomy issue as best as I can - because you know, I didn't study up on that one.

So now I am doing the homework on it. So if anyone is reading and has any insight...

feel free to help out.

saved but lost in a world gone mad

I was rummaging yesterday in the church and came across a diary of sorts. It was actually a teenagers letters to a friend written in a notebook. It was from days gone by. The teen had a lot of angst and anger. This was a 15-year old believer who struggled with alcohol, drugs, smoking, anger, hurting himself, death and suicide.
It makes me wonder if we are looking at this teenager every week in the faces of all the "good kids" that walk in our doors.
It makes me sad that we don't see them, but it makes me sadder that sometimes we don't want to see them. Do we discourage honesty so that we can feel good about ourselves and our families? Do we communicate to adults that they need to have everything together and so they just hide that which is falling apart - until it's too late?

We need to help those who are saved, but lost in a world gone mad.

Does anybody hear her?

Happy New Year

It's that time again when we all make resolutions to do something better than we did before. Of course no one really believes anyone will do that. I imagine at least 8 to 10 people out there have resolved to become President this year, but only one will win. Probably 30-40 % of America (or more) have resolved to lose weight or excercise or get healthy. We tend to think it won't happen.
I heard recently that change only happens because of one of two things - reward or pain. If we see a big enough benefit, or in reverse if we see the big enough pain if we don't do it, then we change. Diet changes (at least for a little while) after a heart attack (Pain). Excercise increases after the birth of children (want to live longer and play with kids longer - reward)
I have opted for the "get healthy" route for my resolution. I like this better than "lose weight." First, in some aspects it's easier because you can be healthy and not lose a ton of weight.
But, it can be more difficult, because I can lose weight and not be living a healthy lifestyle.
Well, that's at least one of my resolutions, we'll see how it goes.