In 2010, Greg Gordon followed suit with 95 Theses To The Modern Evangelical Church, a set of statements that he believes “many need to hear” about the state of the Church and Christian living.

When I discovered this on Stumbleupon.com, I was take aback by the how starkly true and challenging the statements I read were. How had this not made the front-page of every religious publication?

But maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be. Those who truly want to change their life and their church will read and accept the challenge. And those who don’t will never even know the theses existed.

Take a look and see what you can learn about yourself and the way you live the Christian life.

I hope to be among brothers and sisters who are willing to grow their faith and be sharpened like iron by their family in Christ.

Blessings,

-Zachariah Deitrich

Resources:

Martin Luther’s 95 Theses:

http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2008/11/martin-luthers-95-theses-in-latin-and-english/

http://www.theopedia.com/95_Theses

Greg Gordon’s 95 Theses:

http://95moderntheses.wordpress.com/

It seems that every so often, I must lose sight of this new creation business, because I hunt to recreate aspects of my life. One of these aspects is the very website you now read, Thisisjacob.com. Named for Psalm 24:6, the site has done little good as of yet other than host small ambitions of mine.

But my dream is to make it mean something. Just like my life, I want my website to be in Christ and a new creation that proclaims and shares Him in valuable ways to the masses.

So I’ve been toying with this idea of a Christian content hub. A place where content can be shared. Where art, music, thought, and life can be shared and articulated. And the best way I could come up with was a network of blogs.

Right now, I have some archived devotionals I’ve written at http://thisisjacob.com/deitrichdevotionals/, and the musings of my ministry partner and girlfriend Carolyn at http://thisisjacob.com/consider-the-whispers/. Coming soon, a blog about worship songwriting will be up at http://thisisjacob.com/thirdverseaftermath/.

I’m approaching this blog with the hope of collecting these and other blogs in one convenient portal, as well as collecting various thoughts and media from around the Internet. I’m glad you’ve decided to join this experience, and encourage you to read deeply into the work on the This is Jacob network sites of your choosing and let the words and arts and the Spirit of God impact you. Maybe you will join someday and produce content with us as well. I’m willing to believe that the Church can have much more impact the more the Christ-filled, Christ-centered life is lived in each of us, and my humble part in this, I hope, is to encourage you to be more Christ-filled and Christ-centered.

Blessings,

-Zachariah