An Epic Journey

Have you ever gone through a time with God where you feel like you are distant from him? I was reading Jeremiah 24 tonight where God talks about sending Israel into exile with the Babylonians. He says this in vs 7:

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

God is speaking of when the Israelites return to Him. It reminded me that sometimes we feel as far from God as any one person could feel. But God is working and repurposing our experience to draw us even closer into His embrace!

Feeling worn out and far off, dont give up! God is on the other side o this and in the midst!

I’m working on answering the question about, “What happens to people who have never heard about Jesus?” If you want to know the answer come Sunday at Coleman Middle School 10:30am. We’ll be looking at is it ok for a Christian to cuss and many more.

I have been studying this question of people who don’t know though. One of the interesting things that I have come upon is stories of people who have seen a vision of Jesus and accepted him and became Christ followers. Check out these videos on You Tube of Muslim men and women who see Jesus and follow http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=muslim+vision+of+jesus&aq=f

Here is a book about Jesus appearing to Eskimo Indians – it’s really pretty interesting stuff

I just find this interesting. I love that God is unpredictable.

Who doesnt have questions about God? I know I do? Well, during the month of July you are getting your chance to ask the questions youve always thought but never had a forum to ask them.

Heres how it works. You visit. a href=http://epic4life.com/questionsGot ?/a at epic4life.com. And ask your question before Sunday. If enough people ask the same question, well answer it!

One thing that most Christians have no idea about is the archaeological evidence that supports the claims of the bible.  If that kind of stuff interests you, here are a few websites for you:

http://biblicalarcheology.net/

http://www.bibleandscience.com/archaeology/exodus.htm

This of course is more technical, so if you aren’t into technical stuff, just know that there is some pretty good evidence out there that what the bible records about places, events and people is accurate!

So, this weekend for Easter we are talking about how to Bust Religion!  I’m really pumped about this Myth Busters series!  I haven’t been this excited in a while!  Anyway, I want to give you some resources that might help you as we think about how to bust religions!  The first one is by a guy named Lee Strobel and it’s called, The Case for Christ & The Case for Faith.  These were actually two separate books, but have been packaged together.  Lee was someone who had no interest in the Christian faith until his wife came to Christ.  After this, he began to investigate and ask really good, hard questions of really smart people.  These were questions he assumed had no good answer.  What he found was there were good answers all around.  If you have ever struggled with doubt, then be sure to pick up The Case for Christ: http://www.amazon.com/Case-Christ-Faith-two-books/dp/0310608821/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270137716&sr=8-3

So weve had Piper at home for a few days now and its been pretty good so far. Peter has been adjusting extremely well. The big test will be when I have to go to work tommorrow. Jenni has been recovering like some kind of super human. Im more tired than she is…

All in all, life is good and Im sleepy!

We wanted to let everyone know when u can. Come visit if u want to today. We wil have visiting hours from 2-3pm 6:30-7:30pm! Cant wait to see you!

We are in Wesley room 538

Here’s a picture of Jenni, Piper & Katie (Jenni’s sister).  Jump over to my facebook to see more pictures!

Piper Lynn Wagner 3:40pm! 7lbs 11oz, twenty inches! Im in love!