by Jim Stitzel | Jan 23, 2006 | General
“Philippians 3:7-14”:http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Phil.%203:7-14&version=31 (New International Version) 7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 17, 2006 | General
It’s always sad when the Body of Christ drives its members away. I’ve written at length in the past about the state of the American church and how we need to strive to refocus it toward the ideals that Christ taught, spurning the lackadaisical attitudes...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 17, 2006 | General
It aggravates me when I hear people talk who clearly have no idea what they are talking about. There have been a number of topics in the news lately that I have _wanted_ to comment on but simply won’t because I know I don’t have the whole picture. For...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 17, 2006 | General
Moving out of the city and into the country has proven to be one of the best things I have been able to do in a long time. I’ve lived in Indianapolis for the past 2.5 years. My wife and I got married in ’03, and we moved to the city right after our...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 13, 2006 | General
In order to be a servant, one must first be willing to serve. Seems like that would be common sense, right? Not necessarily so. I went through a bleak period not so long ago during my work on my master’s degree where I wallowed in depression and where, while not...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 13, 2006 | General
It is impossible to be arrogant and have wisdom. The presence of pride precludes the presence of wisdom. Pride suggests to the individual that he already knows everything he needs to know, that he already sees as clearly as it is possible to see, that his insight is...
