MikeGlanzer, Author at FBC

5 Ways the Church is Like a Little League Team

MikeGlanzer on July 21, 2015

Ah, summer! Sunshine, picnics, and baseball!

Yes, there are the major leagues . . . I don’t think I’ll ever be there, except as a spectator ‘way up in the nosebleed section. And there is the little league, where you go to watch your kids or your friend’s kids play. We all have a soft spot in our heart’s for the little league team. So many of life’s fundamental lessons can be taught and learned on the little league field.

There are many similarities between a little league team and the church. If you’re wondering about what church is like (or what our church is like at least) here are some good analogies. We hope you’ll come visit to learn more.

Pride’s Disguises- 7 Ways Pride Can Hide In Your Life

MikeGlanzer on June 8, 2015

Pride is most often characterized by loud, arrogant, boastful, in-your-face annoyances. However, pride can also wear many disguises and be present in our lives in ways we may easily miss. Pride and its aftermath bother all of us. Even more than bothering us, it offends God and is sin against Him. It is included in the list of heinous sins in scripture.

In his popular article on pride, Evangelist Harold Vaughn states the following:

Pride was the first sin to destroy the calm of eternity. It was pride that cast Lucifer from heaven and it was pride that cost our first parents their place in Paradise. Pride is the first sin to enter a man’s heart and the last to leave. No sin is more offensive to God than the sin of pride. Pride has been referred to as the “complete anti-God state of mind.” It militates against God’s authority, God’s law, and God’s rule. This is why the Bible equates rebellion with witchcraft (1 Sam. 15:23). Pride assaults God’s throne and asserts its independence in an attempt to dislodge God as the Sovereign of the universe

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