Comments for HeLives.com http://www.helives.com/blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on 50 Tips for Reading the Bible by Cecelia http://www.helives.com/blog/2007/07/30/101-tips-for-reading-the-bible/#comment-2796 Cecelia Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/2007/07/05/101-tips-for-reading-the-bible/#comment-2796 There are Bible Cases that have zippers to contain and protect the Bible. Other places that one can read the Bible is in their garden, their patio or balcony, their basement, in their car before they pull out in the mornings, at lunch breaks, waiting lobbies e.g. doctor's office, banks, business appointments, etc. The important thing is that the environment should be free from noise and where you are not easily distracted and able to focus for at least 15 minutes in order to be able to meditate and or make notes. You could also set your clock to alarm in the middle of the night so you can get up and read then back to bed if you have the discipline. There are Bible Cases that have zippers to contain and protect the Bible. Other places that one can read the Bible is in their garden, their patio or balcony, their basement, in their car before they pull out in the mornings, at lunch breaks, waiting lobbies e.g. doctor’s office, banks, business appointments, etc. The important thing is that the environment should be free from noise and where you are not easily distracted and able to focus for at least 15 minutes in order to be able to meditate and or make notes. You could also set your clock to alarm in the middle of the night so you can get up and read then back to bed if you have the discipline.

]]> Comment on 50 Tips for Reading the Bible by Cecelia http://www.helives.com/blog/2007/07/30/101-tips-for-reading-the-bible/#comment-2795 Cecelia Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:23:20 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/2007/07/05/101-tips-for-reading-the-bible/#comment-2795 The best time to get the most out of your Bible Reading is very early in the morning when the mind and body is fresh and it is very quiet. It is also helpful to have a Bible and a Bible Dictionary that has reader friendly print also a book marker or two to help you mark where you need to continue from quickly. Invite the Holy Spirit to help you teach you to understand with understanding context in prayer before you begin to read each time. Be patient with yourself - it is not profitable to move on until you have a basic understanding of what you read so that you are able to ask the right question to can get the right answer if you need to ask someone . The best time to get the most out of your Bible Reading is very early in the morning when the mind and body is fresh and it is very quiet. It is also helpful to have a Bible and a Bible Dictionary that has reader friendly print also a book marker or two to help you mark where you need to continue from quickly. Invite the Holy Spirit to help you teach you to understand with understanding context in prayer before you begin to read each time. Be patient with yourself - it is not profitable to move on until you have a basic understanding of what you read so that you are able to ask the right question to can get the right answer if you need to ask someone .

]]> Comment on Glimpse of Heaven? by J.W. Wartick http://www.helives.com/blog/2009/12/22/glimpse-of-heaven/#comment-2397 J.W. Wartick Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:56:31 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/?p=126#comment-2397 That was pretty awesome! What a wonderful thing to see, really a foretaste of the feast to come--all peoples gathered around worshiping "One God, One Creator" That was pretty awesome! What a wonderful thing to see, really a foretaste of the feast to come–all peoples gathered around worshiping “One God, One Creator”

]]> Comment on About by Tim http://www.helives.com/blog/about/#comment-2350 Tim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:58:07 +0000 #comment-2350 Helmut, The names that display over the maps are done by Google. It looks like Google has currently disabled all names over Israel. I'm sure this has to do with a legal or safety issue. Hopefully they will come back soon. The only name over the country is "Israel" and that name IS in Hebrew. All the Arabic names around the country are coming from Jordan, Syria or Egypt...all of those are Arabic speaking countries. Google places the names of locations in their native tongue. An additional reason the names may have been removed is because of a disagreement over what languages to display for certain cities. I hope that helps. Helmut,

The names that display over the maps are done by Google. It looks like Google has currently disabled all names over Israel. I’m sure this has to do with a legal or safety issue. Hopefully they will come back soon. The only name over the country is “Israel” and that name IS in Hebrew. All the Arabic names around the country are coming from Jordan, Syria or Egypt…all of those are Arabic speaking countries. Google places the names of locations in their native tongue. An additional reason the names may have been removed is because of a disagreement over what languages to display for certain cities.

I hope that helps.

]]> Comment on About by Helmut http://www.helives.com/blog/about/#comment-2341 Helmut Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:26:59 +0000 #comment-2341 Great work you did. Question: why do the google maps all show names in Arabic? Even over Israel. If not the English, then why not the Hebrew names? Great work you did.
Question: why do the google maps all show names in Arabic?
Even over Israel. If not the English, then why not the Hebrew names?

]]> Comment on inny or outy?…church that is by Debbie http://www.helives.com/blog/2010/01/18/inside-or-outside/#comment-2301 Debbie Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:24:16 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/?p=127#comment-2301 This is an area I still struggle with my own church. I love the pastor, staff and fellow worshipers but when they decided to make the church less "churchy" and spend $200k to do so they hit a raw nerve with me.I had a previous experience with a church that had some new staff people and suddenly within months this "new-age" group took over the church completely and it started by making the church less "churchy". My church went through with their changes and the only glitch was when they tried to cover up the stained glass windows and then everyone was upset. But here's what is so so sad. They are constantly trying to reach people outside our church and they are dropping the high school students like a bad disease. They dont know what to do with them. They would put money toward remodeling the church and not toward sending the high schoolers to student leadership programs. I would hope that churchs would meet the needs of the people who support the church first before spending money they dont have on things they dont need. This is an area I still struggle with my own church. I love the pastor, staff and fellow worshipers but when they decided to make the church less “churchy” and spend $200k to do so they hit a raw nerve with me.I had a previous experience with a church that had some new staff people and suddenly within months this “new-age” group took over the church completely and it started by making the church less “churchy”.

My church went through with their changes and the only glitch was when they tried to cover up the stained glass windows and then everyone was upset.

But here’s what is so so sad. They are constantly trying to reach people outside our church and they are dropping the high school students like a bad disease. They dont know what to do with them. They would put money toward remodeling the church and not toward sending the high schoolers to student leadership programs.

I would hope that churchs would meet the needs of the people who support the church first before spending money they dont have on things they dont need.

]]> Comment on Jonah in 4min by Marcos Dourado http://www.helives.com/blog/media/a-4min-overview-of-the-book-of-jonah/#comment-2222 Marcos Dourado Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:44:27 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/a-4min-overview-of-the-book-of-jonah/#comment-2222 Excelente, muito bom!!! Que o Senhor Deus continue usando a cada um de vocês para Sua honra e glória. Marcos - Vitória, ES - Brasil Excelente, muito bom!!! Que o Senhor Deus continue usando a cada um de vocês para Sua honra e glória.
Marcos - Vitória, ES - Brasil

]]> Comment on Church History - Pt 1 (Why Study This?) by Tim http://www.helives.com/blog/media/church-history-pt-1/#comment-2166 Tim Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/flash/church-history-pt-1/#comment-2166 Karen, The video files would be hard to get to you anytime soon. We're moving and they're packed away. Could you just run it from the web page? Tim Karen,

The video files would be hard to get to you anytime soon. We’re moving and they’re packed away. Could you just run it from the web page?

Tim

]]> Comment on inny or outy?…church that is by Darin http://www.helives.com/blog/2010/01/18/inside-or-outside/#comment-2165 Darin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:59:17 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/?p=127#comment-2165 This is a great discussion Tim. One that deserves a lot of consideration. I agree that God is working inside and outside the chruch walls. I also think there's a world of difference between "the church as an institution" vs "the church as a people." In the former way of viewing church, the real danger would be to see the institution as God's primary way, or worse, the only way that God makes Himself known. Chruch as a people, or perhaps better stated, church as a Jesus/people movement puts the focus on Jesus and people rather than the institution. I realize that it's possible to be in the institution without being institutionalized...probably a whole other discussion... In the end though, I have to agree with you, it's ultimately about loving those inside the walls and those outside them. But how we view church or how we think God views church can make a huge difference in our approach to making disciples. This is a great discussion Tim. One that deserves a lot of consideration.

I agree that God is working inside and outside the chruch walls.
I also think there’s a world of difference between “the church as an institution” vs “the church as a people.” In the former way of viewing church, the real danger would be to see the institution as God’s primary way, or worse, the only way that God makes Himself known.

Chruch as a people, or perhaps better stated, church as a Jesus/people movement puts the focus on Jesus and people rather than the institution. I realize that it’s possible to be in the institution without being institutionalized…probably a whole other discussion…

In the end though, I have to agree with you, it’s ultimately about loving those inside the walls and those outside them. But how we view church or how we think God views church can make a huge difference in our approach to making disciples.

]]> Comment on Church History - Pt 1 (Why Study This?) by Karen http://www.helives.com/blog/media/church-history-pt-1/#comment-2145 Karen Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:43:10 +0000 http://www.helives.com/blog/flash/church-history-pt-1/#comment-2145 Hello, What a great resource this is. Would it be possible to attain the video files for the series, to be used as part of a Church History Study that our Church is running? Blessings, Karen Hello,
What a great resource this is. Would it be possible to attain the video files for the series, to be used as part of a Church History Study that our Church is running?
Blessings,
Karen

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