Conflict
Let me share a well-known saying adapted for this post: ‘You can take yourself out of a conflict, but you can’t take […]
Category: Jesus
Hometown
Jesus went from a hungry-wilderness-series of temptations to the rejection of His own people. In of all places, His own hometown. John […]
Stop
I sat yesterday for a few minutes in solitude, praying for different burdens my friends carry. The more I stared at the […]
Deepening Explained
As we posted last week, deepening our walk with Christ is essential. As noted in Psalm 106, David gives us a history […]
One Thing
In the first century church, that Jesus built, there was no difference in a disciple and a convert. Sadly, this is not […]
Love Right
As you scan John 14,15, and part of 16, you’ll find these chapters laced with conditional clauses. Most are obvious like “if” […]
It Is What It Is
In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World […]
Unobliged
There’s a Spanish story of a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off […]
Inadequate
It’s going to be 90 here today. The humidity factors in and some wind, to make it nearly impossible to feel cool. […]
Unstuck
Fun fact: The actor, Marlon Brando, wandered so much on his way to kindergarten, that his sister Jocelyn eventually had to take […]
Valor
The history of war has always interested me. As a child I liked the pictures of the ships, planes, and tanks. It’s […]
Tortured
Nearly every day I try to read a story from “Jesus Freaks” a book made by Voice Of The Martyrs and DC […]
Crucified
In Galatians 6.14 the Apostle Paul is concluding his letter to the loved churches of Galatia. He said— “But God forbid that […]
Persecuted
Ford Lieghton once wrote of an archeological dig in the remains of a school for imperial pages in Rome. The Archeologists found […]
Claim Blame
There is a danger in making a claim and not being able to back it up. I once watched a man show […]
Mission Doubted
The story is told of Lord Halifax, a former foreign secretary of Great Britain. Once he shared a railway compartment with two […]
Your Mission
Remember the line— “Your mission, if you chose to accept it”. We may not be Ethan Hunt or part of the IMF, […]
The Giver
I must begin by confessing I am a terrible gift giver. No excuses either. I just don’t have the nack. I want […]
This Means War
If you are a member of a church, I’m going to let you in on a little secret… church members are at […]
Represent
Have you ever thought of yourself as a representative of a foreign Kingdom? The truth is— church members are Jesus’ representatives. We […]