Some of Jesus’ contemporaries complained that he wasn’t religious enough. On one occasion, the evidence cited to prove this was that Jesus didn’t fast like …
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Heaven or Hell?
Everyone thinks they want to go the heaven, but in reality they don’t. Heaven is for those who actually want to be like God, and …
Read More »Misunderstood
Jesus came to represent the Father; to show the world what he was like. But it was an uphill battle from the start. The religious …
Read More »What Good News?
Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone” (Mark 16:15, NLT). The Good News (or the gospel) that Scripture …
Read More »Kingdoms of Grace and Glory
When we hear the phrase, “kingdom of God,” we’re tempted to think of a physical place—like Heaven, or the New Earth. The early disciples during …
Read More »Love People Anyway
Sometimes people are exasperating, selfish, disrespectful, and cruel. The other day Linda was in a store and had started picking up an arrangement of flowers, …
Read More »The Weakness of Violence
Today, many use violence as a tool to force people to comply with their demands. Whether it’s a mugger on a dimly lit sidewalk accosting …
Read More »The Perfect Church
I used to think the perfect church would be one where everyone held similar views on faith and doctrine; where families held similar values and …
Read More »Brokenness
Sometimes we know about their brokenness before they’re exposed to the blinding reality of our dysfunctions. There in the maternity ward with their little wrinkled noses …
Read More »Remember
The ability to remember is powerful. Think what it would be like if we couldn’t. Years ago I had an early Radio Shack computer that …
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