Don’t miss the two exciting events this weekend that involve projects that [nlcf]ers are pouring their talents and hearts into: Project Esperanza Dinner, Fri, 7pm, Owens and Project Dance Extravaganza, Sat, 7pm, Litton Reaves. See the video of the [nlcf] dance team in action on March 25.
Twenty-three men took to the woods this past weekend for a monolithic adventure of mind, body, and spirit. We spoke of our nascent superpowers, dubbed each other with descriptive superhero names and spoke openly about our individual kryptonite. Per tradition, a rope swing was devised that would test the limits of personal safety, fire was made, chili was devoured, the creation was experienced, and the Creator was praised. We should do this more often.
Hey everyone, just letting you all know that APEX will be at the BCM building (Baptist Campus Ministry) at the corner of Washington and Kent St. this Friday at 7:30pm. Hope you can make it!
The tri-“city” area of Christiansburg, Blacksburg, and Radford makes the list of the top 10 affordable job powerhouses for MSN Real Estate: places where the cost of living and unemployment are low and the number of jobs is growing steadily. It’s yet another reason to hang around after graduation and keep being a part of [nlcf], as if there weren’t enough reasons already.
If a person is looking for reasons to feel proud of themselves for choosing Christ, the book of Romans will lay them flat on their face. Every chapter repeats praise to God for deciding to choose us to be part of his family. It’s here that we encounter the infamous freewill debate. It usually centers around human freewill but what about God’s freewill? He is under no obligation to reward faith with salvation yet he does. What motivates God to choose to do things this way? To give grace to the undeserving? Why does he accept returned damaged goods for in-store credit? What kind of love is that?
Paul is deeply concerned about the Galatians actually getting it. He says. “I am in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.” Now I don’t know what childbirth feels like, and I doubt Paul does either, but I’ve witnessed it in person twice and even with a lot of modern drugs it’s seems rather uncomfortable. Paul is dedicated to his people. He could have said, “I preached the truth to you—take it or leave it.” Instead he is following the commission of Jesus to not just verbalize the good news, but to make disciples. Paul’s teaching and his life continue to reiterate that finishing is just as important as starting.
We’re working hard to bring a more useful, usable, and unique website together. Feel free to post a comment with pros and cons of things you see and would like to see. We’re always looking for folks to send content to make this a virtual hub of all things going on in the real world of [nlcf]. We could say it’s in beta but it would never leave beta since it’s always a work in progress. Ex: try clicking one of these patterns to change the background of the page to fit your personality, mood, or feng shui.
Coming Spring 2007, we are planning a series entitled “How to Ruin Your Life” to shed light on practical topics from a scriptural perspective. We think all these items have a great capacity to impact our daily living and ruin our lives if we aren’t careful, but we need to narrow down the list. Please take a minute to let us know what you think in the survey below.
Compared to someone like Billy Graham, Jesus’s three years of public ministry might seem like a brief stint. Not so. Jesus is on the mission non-stop. As I read the gospels freshly, I’m impressed with how quickly He goes from one adventure to the next transforming the lives of thousands of people on a 24/7 basis. I wonder just what percentage of His amazing works were recorded. Like John writes, “if everything that Jesus did was written down, even the whole world would not have room for all the books that would be written.” This may not be an exaggeration.
