Jesus Requires Total Abandonment
“When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:4 NIV) We’ve taught people it’s OK to let Jesus have a significant place in their lives, a moderate place...
Learn to Think Like the Father
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus declares his followers citizens of the Kingdom, and then he outlines the shift we must make to Kingdom thinking: “You are living in the far country, and I have come...
The Cost of Discipleship
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!” (Matthew 5:10 TEV) We are called to bear the sins of others, just as Jesus bore our sins....
Make a Life Where You Live
“Seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13 TEV) There are all kinds of reasons houses sell quickly or take a long time to sell, but I’ve...
Let God Interpret the Facts
“This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘The owner of this belt will be tied up in this way by the Jews in Jerusalem, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles.’” Acts 21:11 (TEV) Have...
Jesus Requires Total Abandonment
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4 NIV) We’ve taught people it’s OK to let Jesus have a significant place in their lives, a moderate place...
Make a Life Where You Live
“Seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13 TEV) There are all kinds of reasons houses sell quickly or take a long time to sell, but I’ve...
The Cost of Discipleship
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!” (Matthew 5:10 TEV) We are called to bear the sins of others, just as Jesus bore our sins....
Don’t Be Good — Be Godly
“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside. In the same...
The Reality of Christian Community
So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come....