Nick Sorenson's take on Living for Christ and Serving in the Church

Is Jesus Christ God? I recently read a book entitled "Jesus Christ is Not God". No, I didn't buy the book. No, I didn't believe the concept. I was loaned this particular book by a kind person who sincerely believes that Jesus Christ is Not God.  In almost 40 years of following God (5 years old and on; minus a few years of wandering), I never really questioned this concept, because as I read Scripture, in my mind, it goes without question that Jesus is God. What I've always found to be the bigger obstacle (for most, including myself) is the following question: "Is Jesus Christ Lord?" Sure, many assume He's God, but life (as in temporal, earthly, material, carnal) must go on. So in many cases, He's NOT our Lord. I love the simple old song from the 60s (written by a hippie during the Jesus movement):  "He is Lord, He is Lord, He has risen from the dead and He Is Lord Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord." ...

"President" of the Church?  We're all familiar with the term "president". Head honcho, Top Dog, Chief Executive Officer, are all words we could substitute for the word president. So why not use this word in the leadership of the church? After all there are many denominations who DO use it.  Well the first question to ask, is the office of president (or the implication of a top dog) Biblical? It couldn't hurt anything could it? Why bother oneself with examining the role?  To be very honest, I never thought much about it and generally accepted the idea. That is until now. I recently stumbled across the smoldering embers of a formerly strong (10s of thousands) group called "The Way International". We were invited to a local home group hosted by the family of my son's co-worker. Out of respect for the friend of my son's, and for the fact that I support the idea of the home church, we decided to check it out. In defense of the kind local couple...