Archive for January, 2009
#2 Not Lord It Over
Erwin starts off his book by giving the background on how Jesus appeared. Remember, Jesus is God in the flesh, the Messiah, the Creator of the Universe and all that we see. The Jews were expecting their Savior to come but they were looking for the wrong person. We would expect such an important figure [...]
#1 Servant
“Whoever wants to be first must be slave to all”
This section discusses the first part of the nature of Jesus and what He tells the disciples they must do to be the greatest in the Kingdom. Jesus came to serve rather than be served. This was very strange to the Jews who were looking for [...]
The Jesus Style
I am reading this book by Gayle Erwin. It lays out the example Jesus lived for us in order for us to achieve greatness. Ths list of how Jesus told us to achieve greatness includes:
Servant
Not Lord It Over…
Example
Humble
As a Child
As the Younger
Last
Least
No Force
No Blind Ambition
No Reputation
Human
Obedient
Death
As I read through each of these, I plan on [...]
Repost From My Men’s Retreat
I just got back from our Church men’s retreat at Skamania Lodge with teachings by Gayle Erwin and it was amazing. There was nothing profound about it, it simply stated the simple message of the Gospels by focusing on the nature of Jesus.
We have cartoonized Jesus, God, Satan, Heaven, and Hell so much that Christianity [...]