http://urbanreformation.com Reaching the Lost in the Urban Core Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:27:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2005547http://www.feedburner.com This is Jen Foster in Michigan, we receive their updates and are often blessed by their articulation of everyday life in light of the gospel.  It was a good devotional mediation after the election depression. Amy Carmichael: "If there were less of what seems like ease in our lives they would ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/446572829" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/446572829/post-election-musing-from-the-fosters.htm http://urbanreformation.com/post-election-musing-from-the-fosters.htm It's 1a.m. in the Northeast. Tonight I was awakened by the newest addition to the McCall family, Ivan the Great Dane. It is 1a.m. Ivan was barking , rather aggressively, from his cage/kennel in the back of the house. Ivan's future as a McCall had been up ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/442044662" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/442044662/sleep-stirred-by-the-great-commission.htm http://urbanreformation.com/sleep-stirred-by-the-great-commission.htm Let me begin this post by stating that I don't normally post video promo's nor do I care much for movie media in general any longer. We entertain ourselves to death in this culture. However this movie was absolutely stunning, in a literal way. We could hardly ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/430338993" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/430338993/fire-proof-the-love-dare.htm http://urbanreformation.com/fire-proof-the-love-dare.htm Last night I was moved by our pastor's sermon. I don't remember all the points that he made but some of them were telling of our "Christianity" and things I've thought about and my wife has thought about but never verbalized. One of the things I appreciate about ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/430728237" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/430728237/eternity-longing-for-heaven.htm http://urbanreformation.com/eternity-longing-for-heaven.htm Bobby and I went out in our neighborhood Friday evening.  It seemed different than the last few times I had gone door to door in North Kansas City.  I had been praying about which houses to go to and the two places where we ended up going were the two ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/418540460" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/418540460/door-to-door-sonic.htm http://urbanreformation.com/door-to-door-sonic.htm Hello my name is Bob McCall, I've lived down in the northeast about a year and I also attend FCC.  I'm a new contributor on UrbanReformation.com I've been reading through Acts, rather slowly, and have been struck by the evangelistic life of Paul.  Wherever he goes he proclaims Christ.  He suffers ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/417735846" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/417735846/exposed.htm http://urbanreformation.com/exposed.htm We are no longer in the era of sending our children to the store to pick up a Gallon of milk.  The days where the remnant of Judeo-Christian principles, began leaving after the 1950's in to the 1960's with the hippie sex & drug culture liberation.  So in the last ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/412940786" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/412940786/the-american-drift.htm http://urbanreformation.com/the-american-drift.htm I've been blessed and yes challenged in some areas in our pastor's latest wed. evening series on Christian Liberty.  It seems like a lot of the people I've met in "Reformed" circles and possibly even our own pastor love the doctrine of "Christian Liberty" because at some point or in ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/409542179" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/409542179/christian-liberty-motive.htm http://urbanreformation.com/christian-liberty-motive.htm It was just a few weeks ago that we were welcoming the first set of Hallam's to the Hood.  Today, with the help of the FCC Youth and many others Kevin and Jennifer were moved by the people who have pitched in to help them.  It is amazing to see ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/404924796" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/404924796/welcoming-another-family-to-the-hood-from-fcc.htm http://urbanreformation.com/welcoming-another-family-to-the-hood-from-fcc.htm What are the three catalyst that God uses to conform us to the Image of His son Jesus Christ? 1. People(Relationships) 2.Circumstances 3.Spiritual Disciplines! We have begun our new Shepherding Groups this fall, and we are focusing on three areas this year. * Dependence Upon God (Spiritual Disciplines) Loving God * Meeting the Needs of the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~4/398885551" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UrbanReformation/~3/398885551/spiritual-disciplines-for-the-christian-life.htm http://urbanreformation.com/spiritual-disciplines-for-the-christian-life.htm