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Grow where planted.

September 21, 2010 by Fritz

[T]hese are the words of … Jeremiah the prophet … unto the … captives,… “seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.” – Jeremiah 29:1, 7

We are not the captives to whom Jeremiah wrote but his message from God is, nevertheless, to us.

Being a good citizen, participating in community life, and working for peace in the neighborhood benefits not just the neighborhood, but us.

Put down roots where God has planted you.

– fritz@langgang.com

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Unity, Liberty, and Charity

September 20, 2010 by Fritz

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him … Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. – Romans 14:3, 19

There was controversy in the early church. Some participated in activities others thought unacceptable. Participants thought the abstainers were prudes, abstainers thought the participants were sinners.

The Apostle Paul called both to focus on Christ not themselves or each other. We don’t have to agree on everything to love God together; and we don’t have to worship the same way or at the same place to worship the same God. We can each trust God will change each other as we, both, grow in Christ.

All Christian churches are 95% in agreement in faith and practice. They all confess Jesus is LORD and believe God has raised him, bodily, from the dead.

There’s an old saying attributed to an ancient theologian, St. Augustine:

In essentials UNITY,
In non essentials LIBERTY,
In all things, CHARITY.1

-fritz

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Seeing Christ In The Familiar

September 19, 2010 by Fritz

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own fatherland, and in his own house.” And He did not do many works of power there because of their unbelief. – Matthew 13:57-58

It has been said that an “expert” is someone from out of town with a briefcase.

God could do a lot more in our lives if we recognize him, his power, messages, and miraculous presence in the lives familiar to us.

– fritz

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