Forgiveness is not reasonable, efficient, or safe, but it is the way of Jesus, and it is our only path to the Kingdom of God!
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The Irrational Power of Forgiveness! Read More »
“All you need is love … da, da, da, da …” Who said it? Yes, the Beatles, in the song of the same name first broadcast in July of 1967. Even so, Saint Paul said it nearly two millennia earlier: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another
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What if Love IS the Truth?! Read More »
I don’t know exactly why discipleship always has to take this path of pain. I don’t even fully understand why Jesus had to suffer the way He did. Even so, I think we all know that at the end of the journey, we’ll look back and know it was worth the effort!
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Get Behind me, Satan! Read More »
“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”” (Matthew 16:13) If you’re a fan of Batman or Spiderman or any other masked superheroes, you’ll be familiar with that critical scene were someone finally works out who the superhero really is. Batman really
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It’s a curious story – Jesus’ encounter with this loud and disruptive foreign woman – but she shows us what real faith looks like. It’s not pretty. Indeed, it’s loud and confronting and annoying! Even so, it moved Jesus, and it can move mountains still!
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Bread for the Children… and the Dogs! Read More »
It is not obvious what God is doing in Joseph’s life, but God is at work in the background. Things seem impossibly bad, but soon enough everything will be turned on its head, and that is the heart of our good news today.
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Good News for Dysfunctional Families! Read More »
Will we dare to have it said of us that we wrestled with God and have survived?
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Wrestling with God! Read More »
We keep planting those little seeds and kneading that dough because we know that one day … when we least expect it, the Kingdom comes!
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The Kingdom is in the Small Things! Read More »
Yes, the church is a mess, and it always has been, but it’s not our job to clean it up!
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Don’t Purge the Church! Read More »
A sower went out to sow.” He threw seed far and wide. He didn’t wait for perfect conditions. He didn’t test the soil first. He just kept sowing.
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God Asks for Faithfulness, Not Success! Read More »
