I think most of us here know how to become a Christian. You know that to become a Christian, an encounter with Christ must take place, but so many do not know how to live the Christian life. Now, first of all, what is a Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian?…
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The Great Curse of This Age
I appreciate Luke’s account of Jesus clearing the temple in Luke 19. It’s a key event that, in the chronology of Luke, comes right after what is known as The Triumphal Entry, or Palm Sunday, just as the Passover week is beginning. Luke’s account of Jesus’ message is clear… When money becomes a focal point…
Give Up Your Refrigerator Rights
We’ve all heard the importance of living by the mantra of “People Over Projects.” People and relationships are the marrow of life that all of our lives should be working toward building, growing, and connecting to. I would imagine many of you are like me though, in that you are task-driven, and get fulfillment about…
God Calls the Unqualified
In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept hard evidence lack of qualification,…
God Shows Up in the Ordinary
Several years ago I visited a church on Pentecost Sunday. At the time, I didn’t even know Pentecost was something celebrated, nor did I realize this church, being an unaffiliated church, would put so much focus on it. Pentecost is typically celebrated on a Sunday 7 weeks after Easter, and in 2012 it will be…
4 Lessons I Learned About Life From Writing
Beginning this school year I made it a goal to be more intentional about creating space to write everyday. In the past I usually wrote for this blog and other spaces late at night or whenever a random idea popped into my head. It made for a lot of inconsistency and it made for posting…