smoaksignal.com
  • Home
  • Macayla & Battens
  • Photos
    • Macalaneous
    • Camp New Hope
    • Us
    • Adoption
    • Washington D.C.
    • Siblings
    • Hilton Head 2013
    • Israel 2015
  • Links & Resources

Me, Myself, & I: Killing the Church in America

1/24/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
No, this is not about the old-school hip-hop song from the 80's or the more recent song by Beyonce. They are not killing the church in America.

I'm to blame. And so are you. That is, if you are a Christian. We are guilty along with several generations of Christians before us. It was not the liberal universities. It was not the media. It was not the 1960's. It was us, American Christians. We have contributed as much as anyone to the present culture, and we are the ones killing the church in America...


Read More
0 Comments

Killing the Church in America: Dissolving the Sacred

1/15/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
If you saw a guy dumping out the messy, wet contents of a trash bag onto the street, how would you react? 
What if that same guy was dumping those contents into the middle of your bed? How would you react differently? 
For most people, the bed is more sacred than the street. 

Our daughter Macayla helped us understand what is sacred as we had to make decisions about protecting and prolonging her life even though we could not stop her from dying. Battens disease is 100% fatal. When do you prolong life and when do you stop suffering?

But we live in a culture where boundaries and definitions about what is sacred are dissolving. American Christians struggle in large part to understand the importance and implications of sacredness in their daily lives as believers. Dissolving the sacred is killing the church in America...


Read More
1 Comment

What's Killing The Church in America?

1/9/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
I want some Chinese. There's a lot to this statement, but more on that in a minute.

My son asked me how he should deal with a situation. As we talked about the specifics, I told him to ask God by praying and reading some Scripture.

He responded, "But, God has never spoken to me like that and there's nowhere in the Bible that's going to talk about my situation.
My son's response was not accurate, but it reflects what most people think about the Bible. It reflects the general misunderstanding and disconnect American Christans have with Scripture. American Christians are biblically illiterate and it's killing the church in America. 


Read More
0 Comments

    Author

    Jeff Smoak

    Archives

    January 2017
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    August 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011

    Old Blog

    Category

    All
    Adoption
    Anxiety
    Battens
    Christians
    Death Of A Child
    Discipleship
    Parenting
    Special Needs

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Macayla & Battens
  • Photos
    • Macalaneous
    • Camp New Hope
    • Us
    • Adoption
    • Washington D.C.
    • Siblings
    • Hilton Head 2013
    • Israel 2015
  • Links & Resources