12.17.2013
11.19.2013
The Problem with the Church is ______.
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:27 AM 5 comments
Filed in: Blogging, Church, Churches of Christ, Problems, Restoration Movement, Stone-Campbell Movement
11.15.2013
The End of Greek
Of course, in one sense, my most difficult task with regard to Greek will begin now, which is trying to keep up my Greek skills without being in a class that is forcing me to do so. Those who have studied languages before know how challenging this can be.
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 8:59 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Blogging, Grad School, Greek, Language Study
10.16.2013
“Packaging” the Good News of Christ
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The Not-So-Good News Package
The “Better” News Package
The Solution
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:23 AM 2 comments
Filed in: Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Good News, Jesus
10.08.2013
Atlanta Braves To-Do List for 2014
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:26 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Atlanta Braves, Baseball, BJ Upton, Brandon Beachy, Craig Kimbrel, Dan Uggla, Fredi Gonzalez, Julio Teheran, Kris Medlen, Mike Minor, Tim Hudson
10.04.2013
Friday Summary Report, October 4
- This is an outstanding article from a youth minister friend of mine. Faith is more than just following a list of rules, it is placing ourselves within God’s story. And thus, teaching and training others in the faith is more about sharing that story than simply providing a list of Do’s and Don’ts.
- Here is another great blog post that focuses on living in such a way that our future is better than our past. Here’s one brief excerpt: “We must see today as a starting point—a time to make good choices instead of bad ones (that’s part of what repentance is). Once we make the right decisions instead of ones we know to be wrong, we can finish without regret, without nostalgia, and without a desire to go back to now.”
- Earlier in the week, I shared my review of a really good book. You can check that post for some good quotes, or better yet, get the book yourself!
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:47 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Friday Summary Report, Grad School, The Derision of Heaven, Youth Ministry
9.30.2013
Book Review: The Derision of Heaven
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Posted by: Luke Dockery at 3:44 PM 0 comments
Filed in: Bible Study, Book Reviews, Books, Daniel, Michael Whitworth, Old Testament, Quotations, Reading, The Derision of Heaven
9.18.2013
The Best Prayers Are Short Prayers
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:05 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Grad School, Hebrew, Languages, Prayer, Simplicity
9.17.2013
The Tension between God Can and God Will
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“I want you to appreciate the tension that exists between “God can” and “God will.” We live our lives within that tension. We know God can do something about our suffering, but will he? In this tense area of in-between is where Satan thrives. In this soil, he plants seeds of doubt in our hearts and nurtures them until they have borne the ugly fruit of indignation, rebellion, and death. But there is something we can place in that gap to frustrate Satan’s schemes—not faith in God’s deliverance, for he does not always do so, but confidence that God will do what’s ultimately best for us. God always does whatever will bring him glory, and God glorifying himself is what is ultimately best for us.”
(The Derision of Heaven, p. 111)
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:32 AM 2 comments
Filed in: Daniel, Doubt, Faith, Quotations, The Derision of Heaven
9.13.2013
What Language Study Has Taught Me About The Bible
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 11:34 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Bible, Bible Study, Christian Living, Grad School, Greek, Hebrew, Koine Greek, Languages, Scripture
9.03.2013
Syria, Obadiah, and Us
“On the day that you stood aloof,
on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.”
- We shouldn’t get involved because it will be expensive.
- We shouldn’t get involved because it’s none of our business.
- We shouldn’t get involved because we have problems of our own to deal with.
- We shouldn’t get involved because it will make other countries more annoyed with us than they already are.
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 2:59 PM 2 comments
Filed in: Edom, Foreign Policy, Obadiah, Old Testament, Politics, Syria, Theology, War
8.30.2013
Chris Wright on Salt and Light
“If a piece of meat goes rotten, it’s no use blaming the meat. That’s what happens when meat is left out on its own. The question to ask is, Where is the salt? If a house goes dark at night, it’s no use blaming the house. That’s what happens when the sun goes down. The question to ask is, Where is the light? If society becomes more corrupt and dark, it’s no use blaming society. That’s what fallen human nature does, left unchecked and unchallenged. The question to ask is, Where are the Christians?”
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 1:07 PM 0 comments
Filed in: Chris Wright, Christian Living, Culture, Light, Quotations, Salt, Society
8.19.2013
Big Lessons from the First Day of School
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Filed in: Back to School, Christian Living, Education, First Day of School, Learning, Ministry, Prayer, School, Youth Ministry
8.09.2013
Friday Summary Report, August 9
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Filed in: Anniversary, Benevolence, Christian Living, Family, Farmington Church of Christ, Friday Summary Report, Grad School, Marriage
8.07.2013
William Thornton on George Washington
“He was occasionally grave, when other men laughed, for he had much to think of…He was a man of genius, & wrote some beautiful little pieces of poetry. But above all he was a man of piety, a real Christian, and in the language of scripture, walked humbly before God.”
–William Thornton of George Washington, August 16, 1823
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:08 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Christian Living, Crystal Bridges, George Washington, History, Quotations, William Thornton
8.06.2013
God and Government
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:45 AM 0 comments
Filed in: God, Government, Jesus, Politics, Quotations, Theology
8.05.2013
The Best Seven Years Of My Life
“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 8:31 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Anniversary, Caroline, Family, Kinsley
8.02.2013
Thirty.
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
You return man to dustand say, “Return, O children of man!”For a thousand years in your sightare but as yesterday when it is past,or as a watch in the night.
You sweep them away as with a flood;they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;in the evening it fades and withers.
For we are brought to an end by your anger;by your wrath we are dismayed.You have set our iniquities before you,our secret sins in the light of your presence.
For all our days pass away under your wrath;we bring our years to an end like a sigh.The years of our life are seventy,or even by reason of strength eighty;yet their span is but toil and trouble;they are soon gone, and we fly away.Who considers the power of your anger,and your wrath according to the fear of you?
So teach us to number our daysthat we may get a heart of wisdom.Return, O Lord! How long?Have pity on your servants!Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,and for as many years as we have seen evil.
Let your work be shown to your servants,and your glorious power to their children.Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,and establish the work of our hands upon us;yes, establish the work of our hands!”
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:37 AM 0 comments
Filed in: 30, Birthday, Christian Living, Culture, Psalms
7.29.2013
2013 Summer Trip Recap
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Old Gym from the 1920s |
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View from the assassin’s window today (top) and in 1968 |
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Part of our group at Sky Zone Memphis |
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:29 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Harding University, Martin Luther King Jr., National Civil Rights Museum, Southern Christian Home, Summer, Summer Trip, Youth Ministry
7.24.2013
Book Review: “The Epic of God”
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Posted by: Luke Dockery at 9:52 AM 0 comments
Filed in: Bible Study, Book Reviews, Books, Genesis, Michael Whitworth, Old Testament, Quotations, Reading, Suffering, The Epic of God
7.22.2013
How to Have a Great VBS
- A coach in charge of our outdoor games and activities
- Someone who had studied theater in college working with our skits
- Teens with years of experience doing Puppet Theater at Lads to Leaders doing the puppet shows
- A talented song-leader directing our time in the auditorium
- People with strong organizational skills doing registration and refreshments
- Some very talented ladies doing decorations and crafts
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 11:23 AM 2 comments
Filed in: Church, Farmington Church of Christ, Intergenerational, Vacation Bible School, VBS, Youth Ministry
7.16.2013
The Fall of Man and the Ecological Consequences of Sin
“And to Adam he said, ‘Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’cursed is the ground because of you;in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’”
“For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.”
Posted by: Luke Dockery at 10:55 AM 3 comments
Filed in: Adam and Eve, Consequences of Sin, Creation, Earth, Ecological Consequences of Sin, Environment, Fall of Man, Genesis, Natural Disasters, Sin, Theology
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