Love God With All Your Strength by Admitting You Are Weak
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.” Luke 10:27 (NIV) No doubt it sounds strange, but in order to love...
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The problem is we won’t forgive ourselves
Then he said to him, “Follow me!” John 21:19 (NIV) We believe God will forgive us; the problem, though, is we won’t forgive ourselves. Peter knew the feeling; he’d failed Jesus, so he went back to fishing....
Becoming poor in self-sufficiency and self-righteousness
Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them! Matthew 5:3 (TEV) When Jesus says, “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom...
Still trying to decide for yourself what is good and what is evil?
Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Matthew 19:16 (NIV) When the rich young man came to Jesus, the Lord would not allow him...
Christmas Quiz: What’s Biblical, What’s Traditional?
And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born; oand she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because...
Was it coincidence or was it God?
“Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren’t you worth much more than birds?” (Matthew 6:26 TEV) Is...
Kansas City Quarterback Brady Quinn speaking about Jovan Belcher’s murder/suicide
“The one thing people can hopefully try to take away, I guess, is the relationships they have with people. I know when it happened, I was sitting and, in my head, thinking what I could have done...
By focusing on Christ, we catch a glimpse of the real world …
When we focus on anything other than Jesus, we’re looking at a mirage of the real world. We’re simply trafficking in shadows that shift and slip away without warning. By focusing on Christ, we catch a glimpse...
Breakfast with Bonhoeffer: ‘a transparency that is unusual and refreshing’
Jon is probably the best around at taking the writings of Bonhoeffer and making them understandable to all of us. In Breakfast with Bonhoeffer he blends the narrative of some of his life struggles, the deep insights...
God requires risky obedience
“Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of.” (Luke 19:26 MSG) If God tells you to take a step of faith but you hesitate to take it until he shows you what the second...