Grace Outpost

Welcome again to Grace Outpost!   After a week sabbatical I am back into the action!   While I was away I was asked by multiple people a question, one that I have heard many times since becoming a Christian and indeed I myself have asked it in the past.   ‘Can’t I be a Christian without going to Church?’ I know that when I was a new believer the idea of coming to church exhausted me, I am an introvert by nature and incredibly shy on top of it.   At the time I was a 16 year kid who felt like he just finally found his place in the community of youth group.   This question comes from an individualistic view of Church and a misunderstanding of what church is.   Church is not the building in which we gather, it is not the Sunday service, and it is not business meetings or any other gathering you can think of.   Church is the people, it is the community of believers, it is the community who does all of those events that is the church.   ...

Welcome back to Grace Outpost , I am glad to have you join me today.   Last week we finished up our study in Jonah.   When my wife and I visit her parents as we are doing this weekend, we pass an IKEA during our drive.   Passing IKEA always brings up mixed feelings in me, because I love going to the store and looking at the showroom.   The things they have are so innovative in the realm of space management; they can make a 400 sq. ft. place feel bigger than my house.   Inevitably, we end up buying something while we are there.   Now if you have never been to an IKEA, this is how it works. They have a showroom floor, where they have mock apartments and rooms all designed with their products, so you see kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. etc.   You walk through and find these things that you have to have, so you scribble down the location number on your little sheet of paper with one of the 3,000 mini golf pencils that they have strewn t...