As of today we currently have 91 Bibles/New Testaments collected.
In addition to collecting Bibles, I have been purchasing Bibles that I find at a local thrift store and have them hand them out. I haven't been as diligent in counting those Bibles as I should have been, but off the top of my head I think it's close to 50 Bibles that have been purchased and distributed through the thrift store.
For now, I will continue to collect Bibles as I know one of these days there will be a need for them...
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
A Knitting Ministry of One
If you are a knitter and want to become a knitting ministry, here is a site to help you get started. You will find patterns, hints and tips, as well as a list of charities that need knitted items. There is even an email newsletter to subscribe to. It's a perfect ministry for Just One.
Knitting For Charity
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
You Can Be Everything God Wants You To Be - By Max Lucado
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Just One Updates...
It has been awhile since any real updates.
That will change very soon.
Thanks to some wonderful donations and other changes that we are making we should be able to keep the content a bit more fresh than recently.
Though, part of the recent "staleness" was to take some time to find our direction (for now).
Thanks for hanging in there!
Chris
That will change very soon.
Thanks to some wonderful donations and other changes that we are making we should be able to keep the content a bit more fresh than recently.
Though, part of the recent "staleness" was to take some time to find our direction (for now).
Thanks for hanging in there!
Chris
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Jesus Manifesto - by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola
With most books you read you get, at least, an idea or notion of what the books is going to be about. What the author or authors wish to accomplish with the book.
This wasn't exactly the case with Jesus Manifesto. Which isn't to say that it's a bad thing...it's just different. I read through the book twice and even during the second time around I wasn't sure where the book was going the first 1/3rd of it.
The second third of the book was much clearer and truly is what the book is about: Jesus.
Plain and simple the book is about Jesus Christ. And maybe that's where I got confused. I was looking for something more complicated...deep. But as the authors put it, "you can't get deeper than Christ."
Unlike other books about Jesus, Sweet and Viola, don't give you hope of what Jesus can do for you, rather they provide the hope of following Jesus and discovering what he will do, and is doing, through you.
Sweet and Viola contend that the church today, and Christianity for that matter, has taken the eye off the mark: Christ. Christ is not the center, the main point, the reason, etc. They argue the Gospel, and Christ, have been reduced to that of a vending machine in the current "Youniverse" culture.
I would have to agree.
The authors give a compelling argument for putting Christ back into Christianity. How Christ IS the point, IS the Truth, the light, and the Way. Nothing else matters and yet, everything matters when you are focused on Christ.
The Christ they write about in Jesus Manifesto is one that you'd be hard pressed to find in church today, or anywhere "Christianity" is claimed. And despite the flowery-sugar coated-goody-goody language (that you'll find in many Christian rock songs today) they use to describe Christ, their point (God's point perhaps) is well made.
Perhaps Christ has been forgotten when it comes to Christianity. Perhaps we have deviated from God's true will for us all: to follow Him.
I wouldn't recommend this book for a new believer, new follower, or newly converted, but if your view of Jesus hasn't been challenged for awhile, this book might be just what you need. You may not change your heart and mind, but you will think about it.
And really, in the end, that's all the authors can do...and they do it well.
(I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their Booksneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this is accordance with the FTC's 16 CRF Part 255)
This wasn't exactly the case with Jesus Manifesto. Which isn't to say that it's a bad thing...it's just different. I read through the book twice and even during the second time around I wasn't sure where the book was going the first 1/3rd of it.
The second third of the book was much clearer and truly is what the book is about: Jesus.
Plain and simple the book is about Jesus Christ. And maybe that's where I got confused. I was looking for something more complicated...deep. But as the authors put it, "you can't get deeper than Christ."
Unlike other books about Jesus, Sweet and Viola, don't give you hope of what Jesus can do for you, rather they provide the hope of following Jesus and discovering what he will do, and is doing, through you.
Sweet and Viola contend that the church today, and Christianity for that matter, has taken the eye off the mark: Christ. Christ is not the center, the main point, the reason, etc. They argue the Gospel, and Christ, have been reduced to that of a vending machine in the current "Youniverse" culture.
I would have to agree.
The authors give a compelling argument for putting Christ back into Christianity. How Christ IS the point, IS the Truth, the light, and the Way. Nothing else matters and yet, everything matters when you are focused on Christ.
The Christ they write about in Jesus Manifesto is one that you'd be hard pressed to find in church today, or anywhere "Christianity" is claimed. And despite the flowery-sugar coated-goody-goody language (that you'll find in many Christian rock songs today) they use to describe Christ, their point (God's point perhaps) is well made.
Perhaps Christ has been forgotten when it comes to Christianity. Perhaps we have deviated from God's true will for us all: to follow Him.
I wouldn't recommend this book for a new believer, new follower, or newly converted, but if your view of Jesus hasn't been challenged for awhile, this book might be just what you need. You may not change your heart and mind, but you will think about it.
And really, in the end, that's all the authors can do...and they do it well.
(I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their Booksneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this is accordance with the FTC's 16 CRF Part 255)
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