The Bronx Household of Faith Blog
Why Send Newsletters?
WHY SEND NEWSLETTERS? “City Lights” is a publication of the Bronx Household of Faith. It’s a newsletter for current and former members, as well as for friends and supporters of our church. You may know people who carry on the tradition of sending Christmas...
City Lights & Christmas
CITY LIGHTS & CHRISTMAS The name of this newsletter has been “City Lights” for decades. It’s based on Matthew 5:14–16: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and...
Being, Not Just Making, Disciples
We describe the mission of our church this way: “To make, mature, and multiply disciples of Jesus Christ.” We’ve known other churches who use this as their mission statement, and we thought it was a good summary of Matthew 28:18–20: “And Jesus came and said...
At a Word From Jesus
“[B]ut say the word, and let my servant be healed.” —Luke 7:7b When the Roman centurion said this to Jesus, Jesus was amazed. Many people misunderstood and underestimated Jesus. Some had already openly opposed him. And yet this outsider recognized something about...
Merciful Father
Luke 6:35 “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great…” Why should I love my enemies? Here’s one major reason we weren’t able to delve into fully in this past Sunday’s sermon on Luke 6:27–36: Because you...
Blue Skies, Kind God
“Why is the sky blue?” The question popped into my head one morning as I was looking at it through my window. I wasn’t thinking about the science of refracted light that affect the sun’s rays racing through the earth’s atmosphere, but about why God made the sky like...