HEYYYY so i have a few questions to answer so i guess i will answer them... :)
1. What does it mean to live in missonally?
Well, I think that it means that you live an unselfish live, you participate in activities that serve others and serve God. You also rarely do things for yourself and you give tremendously. Also, if you can't do those things, then leading by example is also living a missonally life.
2. Are you living a missionally life?
I like to say that I am living a missionally life, but I am not so sure if that is 100% true. It is true that I live for helping others and doing things that affect them and not me. That is true but maybe I do not do that all the time. I feel like in one aspect of the missionally life I have that, but I am lacking my service to God. What I mean is that I need to pack up everything and just follow him like the disciples did. Paul dropped everything and traveled everywhere on foot and boat to all of these cities, he was imprisoned, beaten, and many other things but he NEVER gave up. I wish that I could say that I have that quality but I don't and that is something that I am working on. It is so important to my faith that I do that because I feel like I don't even know what living means until I do that.
3. What changes could you make in your life to be missionally?
Well I kinda explained it above ^. But, besides devoting more to God, I can devote more of my time to people. I feel like I am very missionally when it works on my schedule and around my plans. Well being missionally also means random acts not just planed actions. Even the slightest things are so helpful and appreciated. So I definitely think that is something that needs to be changed so that I can become more missional.
Until next time,
Alexa :)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Evangalism
HELLOOO BLOGGERS!
1. There are three types of evangelism, E1, E2, and E3. E1 evangelism is more comfortable. Its like when your ministering to people that live in your city and speak the same language and are fairly similar. It would be like me talking to people in Houston. E2 is sort of the same but its more about talking to people with different backgrounds. So they do not necessarily live in the same city that we do and stuff. E3 is the hardest one. E3 evangelism is when you minister to people who live in a different country and have a different culture and language. This is EXTREMELY difficult. I think that Winter considers E2 evangelism very urgent in the U.S. Its more than E1 because its uncomfortable but its not as severe. The most power is E3. Not only is it far away, it is the most powerful because the people receiving the owed and so amazed by God.
2. I honestly do not understand this question. I guess I will just say that to unite Christians, the way going about it cannot be against Christian liberties. This means that they way that you evangelism has to be moral and you cannot break any normal laws or personal respect.
1. There are three types of evangelism, E1, E2, and E3. E1 evangelism is more comfortable. Its like when your ministering to people that live in your city and speak the same language and are fairly similar. It would be like me talking to people in Houston. E2 is sort of the same but its more about talking to people with different backgrounds. So they do not necessarily live in the same city that we do and stuff. E3 is the hardest one. E3 evangelism is when you minister to people who live in a different country and have a different culture and language. This is EXTREMELY difficult. I think that Winter considers E2 evangelism very urgent in the U.S. Its more than E1 because its uncomfortable but its not as severe. The most power is E3. Not only is it far away, it is the most powerful because the people receiving the owed and so amazed by God.
2. I honestly do not understand this question. I guess I will just say that to unite Christians, the way going about it cannot be against Christian liberties. This means that they way that you evangelism has to be moral and you cannot break any normal laws or personal respect.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The New Macedonia
hola bloggers como estas?
I am currently in missions right now....woahh...well I'm going to start answering these questions so it isn't homework..so i will probably post this and it will be incomplete so Mr. Rodden if you see this and it isn't complete, don't grade it yet please i will finish it..I just don't have enough time in class.
1. Explain the differences between E-1, E-2. and E-3 evangelism. Which of the three does Winter consider the most powerful? Why? Which one does he consider the most urgent? Why?
2. "Christian unity cannot be health if it infringes upon Christian liberty." Do you agree? What significance does this issue have for "practical evangelistic strategies?"
I am currently in missions right now....woahh...well I'm going to start answering these questions so it isn't homework..so i will probably post this and it will be incomplete so Mr. Rodden if you see this and it isn't complete, don't grade it yet please i will finish it..I just don't have enough time in class.
1. Explain the differences between E-1, E-2. and E-3 evangelism. Which of the three does Winter consider the most powerful? Why? Which one does he consider the most urgent? Why?
2. "Christian unity cannot be health if it infringes upon Christian liberty." Do you agree? What significance does this issue have for "practical evangelistic strategies?"
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
World Mission Survey!
HEYYYYYYYY.
so today's class rocked. The passage was super long and boring at first but when we started to discuss it, it got interesting. There were 2 questions... :
1. What opportunities for and which obstacles to missions advancement are apparent from each of the areas surveyed in this article?
-Well,I think that one obstacle is the difficulty to reach out to these people. Some of the people who do not know Christ live in a very desolated area that is so hard to get to geographically. That is definitely a huge disadvantage. Another one is that it is hard to find missionaries that can speak the language that they are dealing with. It would be so much easier if you could have a missionary translate to their language and be able to connect with them like that. The opportunities are so great in a sense that these people really need to hear the word of the Lord and we are so blessed to have opportunities like that, but legistically it is just so hard to go through with it.
2. What is the dominant impression left by these articles? guarded optimism? caution? skepticism? enthusiasm?
-So.... my impression left on this article is optimism I guess. I mean I feel inspired and I am dying to go reach out to people and teach them and love them and do everything I can for them. I want to reach out to people who have NO IDEA who Christ is. I want them to want to know everything and be absolutely amazed at what they are hearing about him like he is a superhero or something (because I think he is :) ). So after reading this article, I am determined to want to do something about these low numbers and percentages in certain countries.
WE CAN DO IT!
until next time...
ALEXAAAAA
so today's class rocked. The passage was super long and boring at first but when we started to discuss it, it got interesting. There were 2 questions... :
1. What opportunities for and which obstacles to missions advancement are apparent from each of the areas surveyed in this article?
-Well,I think that one obstacle is the difficulty to reach out to these people. Some of the people who do not know Christ live in a very desolated area that is so hard to get to geographically. That is definitely a huge disadvantage. Another one is that it is hard to find missionaries that can speak the language that they are dealing with. It would be so much easier if you could have a missionary translate to their language and be able to connect with them like that. The opportunities are so great in a sense that these people really need to hear the word of the Lord and we are so blessed to have opportunities like that, but legistically it is just so hard to go through with it.
2. What is the dominant impression left by these articles? guarded optimism? caution? skepticism? enthusiasm?
-So.... my impression left on this article is optimism I guess. I mean I feel inspired and I am dying to go reach out to people and teach them and love them and do everything I can for them. I want to reach out to people who have NO IDEA who Christ is. I want them to want to know everything and be absolutely amazed at what they are hearing about him like he is a superhero or something (because I think he is :) ). So after reading this article, I am determined to want to do something about these low numbers and percentages in certain countries.
WE CAN DO IT!
until next time...
ALEXAAAAA
Monday, January 17, 2011
HCHS..
hellllooooooooooooo bloggers....wassupp?
So today (more like tonight) I will be reflecting on the topic that we discussed in class about the culture at hchs. ahhh there is so much to talk about.
1. I feel like there are a lot of fake Christians. I know that it is definitely not my place to pick and choose fake Christians, which is not what I am trying to do, I am just saying I am sure that there are some. Anywho, I think there are people who pretend to be on fire for the Lord but they dont live out there faith when they leave the school. What one of the worst part is that A TON of people do not take chapel seriously. Honestly, I am serious about chapel because I feel like it is another opportunity to grow in my walk with the Lord and it keeps me on point. Its just really annoying when people laugh and talk and look at their phones or do homework or sleep. It is just really distracting and really gets on my nerves.
We pretty much talked about that in class in a way and we talked about how one of the speakers said that someone said that the only thing christian about Houston Christian is the name. In a way I think it is kinda true because I feel like the people around me do not help me grow in my faith and I really need to find a group of girls that are helping me grow in my faith a lot because that is really hard to find. We also talked about the whole D-group situation. Personally I love my D-group :)
Hmmmm what else can I say...I think that I really covered it...I might come back and add some more if anything comes to mine.
.....
DEUCES.
So today (more like tonight) I will be reflecting on the topic that we discussed in class about the culture at hchs. ahhh there is so much to talk about.
1. I feel like there are a lot of fake Christians. I know that it is definitely not my place to pick and choose fake Christians, which is not what I am trying to do, I am just saying I am sure that there are some. Anywho, I think there are people who pretend to be on fire for the Lord but they dont live out there faith when they leave the school. What one of the worst part is that A TON of people do not take chapel seriously. Honestly, I am serious about chapel because I feel like it is another opportunity to grow in my walk with the Lord and it keeps me on point. Its just really annoying when people laugh and talk and look at their phones or do homework or sleep. It is just really distracting and really gets on my nerves.
We pretty much talked about that in class in a way and we talked about how one of the speakers said that someone said that the only thing christian about Houston Christian is the name. In a way I think it is kinda true because I feel like the people around me do not help me grow in my faith and I really need to find a group of girls that are helping me grow in my faith a lot because that is really hard to find. We also talked about the whole D-group situation. Personally I love my D-group :)
Hmmmm what else can I say...I think that I really covered it...I might come back and add some more if anything comes to mine.
.....
DEUCES.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Dating and Marriage
hellooooo to the one person who reads my blogs...
today's talk was quite interesting. I will say that I do disagree with a few things that were talked about but I guess thats normal. So I will just talk about what the discussion was during class...
So, the main thing that we talked about for a long time was marriage and divorce. We talked about how it is wrong to get divorced under any circumstance because you made a commitment to God. That is completely true and I agree with it, but at the time that we were talking about it I was getting really frustrated with it. We started talking about getting divorced because of bad circumstances for example if it was dangerous being with that person. Well I brought up that point and immediately a few people chimed in. They said to just move out but I dont think that they understand how easy it actually is. Yes, your husband would still be able to find you but when you get divorced you can give him legal papers that he is not to be around your children or you unless it is approved by the legal guardian. I know this much because this situation happened in my family. My family would have been separated anyways if my mom hadnt divorced my dad because of different reasons. Yes it is completely wrong to divorce someone and I am really tied between the two because I have faith that people do change but I also am torn the other way because I dont know what would have happened if my mom didnt get divorced. Ahh its just too confusing...
On another note, I think that it is also important that girls not obsess over guys so much. In high school all girls are boy crazy and want a boyfriend really bad. i personally do not think it is bad to have a boyfriend in high school. But I do think that it is wrong if you go about it in a bad way. If you are so focused on him and nothing else then your relationships with friends will plummet as well as Jesus. We need to have our eyes completely fixed on Jesus and our hearts because when others fail, he will ALWAYS be there for us no matter what. This is advice that I can take for myself too and i think that a lot of girls need to hear it.
Sooo i guess this is all for now.
until next time...
Alexa :)
today's talk was quite interesting. I will say that I do disagree with a few things that were talked about but I guess thats normal. So I will just talk about what the discussion was during class...
So, the main thing that we talked about for a long time was marriage and divorce. We talked about how it is wrong to get divorced under any circumstance because you made a commitment to God. That is completely true and I agree with it, but at the time that we were talking about it I was getting really frustrated with it. We started talking about getting divorced because of bad circumstances for example if it was dangerous being with that person. Well I brought up that point and immediately a few people chimed in. They said to just move out but I dont think that they understand how easy it actually is. Yes, your husband would still be able to find you but when you get divorced you can give him legal papers that he is not to be around your children or you unless it is approved by the legal guardian. I know this much because this situation happened in my family. My family would have been separated anyways if my mom hadnt divorced my dad because of different reasons. Yes it is completely wrong to divorce someone and I am really tied between the two because I have faith that people do change but I also am torn the other way because I dont know what would have happened if my mom didnt get divorced. Ahh its just too confusing...
On another note, I think that it is also important that girls not obsess over guys so much. In high school all girls are boy crazy and want a boyfriend really bad. i personally do not think it is bad to have a boyfriend in high school. But I do think that it is wrong if you go about it in a bad way. If you are so focused on him and nothing else then your relationships with friends will plummet as well as Jesus. We need to have our eyes completely fixed on Jesus and our hearts because when others fail, he will ALWAYS be there for us no matter what. This is advice that I can take for myself too and i think that a lot of girls need to hear it.
Sooo i guess this is all for now.
until next time...
Alexa :)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Teen Faith
Hellooooo bloggers!
So I really liked today's lesson on teen faith. I felt that we could all relate to it because we are either part of it or we know someone part of those statistics. The one that shocked me was the one where there was an increase. I wasn't surprised about the decline in youth activities because I know sometimes I dont go to my youth group on Sundays either. I really like my church but the youth group is really young and I am only really friends with 2 or 3 people because the rest are younger than me and immature and..... i dont know. but I much rather enjoy going to the church service because for my youth sunday school, we dont get a lot done because everyone is talking and just not focused. I also wish that he would have included a statistic about the college kids or at least added grade or ages to the statistics. I think that the older kids get, the more likely the statistic will go down because they will not have determination or the will to want to go to church or do related activities.
So overall, I am not surprised by the decline in the areas involving teen faith. I think that it is SO important for us to get involved now and really fall in love with the scripture so that when we get older we will WANT to go to to church and WANT to do everything to glorify God.
Until next time...
Alexa :)
So I really liked today's lesson on teen faith. I felt that we could all relate to it because we are either part of it or we know someone part of those statistics. The one that shocked me was the one where there was an increase. I wasn't surprised about the decline in youth activities because I know sometimes I dont go to my youth group on Sundays either. I really like my church but the youth group is really young and I am only really friends with 2 or 3 people because the rest are younger than me and immature and..... i dont know. but I much rather enjoy going to the church service because for my youth sunday school, we dont get a lot done because everyone is talking and just not focused. I also wish that he would have included a statistic about the college kids or at least added grade or ages to the statistics. I think that the older kids get, the more likely the statistic will go down because they will not have determination or the will to want to go to church or do related activities.
So overall, I am not surprised by the decline in the areas involving teen faith. I think that it is SO important for us to get involved now and really fall in love with the scripture so that when we get older we will WANT to go to to church and WANT to do everything to glorify God.
Until next time...
Alexa :)
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