Jesus is not a god that we can manipulate and mold. Christ is the true God, the one who is.
11/12/26
The most sober lesson we can learn from life’s caves is that all we have is a Person, one who never withers or distances himself from us, even though we are weak and languishing.
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11/13/26
Your freedom does not depend on how well you live it. It rests entirely in him.
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07/25/16
Years ago a pastor friend of mine who felt betrayed by someone he trusted told me that he was under no biblical obligation to forgive his betrayer unless and until he asked for forgiveness.
07/19/16
The Christian faith makes a bold claim: We are the world's problem, but we are not the world's solution.
07/15/16
Dear church, do not get sidetracked. This is about far more than terrorism, racism, gun ownership, and the like. This is about the evil of the human heart.
07/14/16
We treat the Scriptures as if they’re our literary property to toy with as we please.
06/13/16
Have you ever played hide and seek with a 2-year-old? News flash: They’re terrible at it.
06/06/16
Stephen Fry, the English actor, author and game show host once disparaged the “grammar Nazis” who felt it necessary to enforce all the rules of language but who had forgotten, or just didn’t care, about the joy of language.
05/30/16
Either one of those verses alone is scary; but both of them together are terrifying!
05/27/16
As the story unfolds we see Luther’s Heidelberg theses on display, even before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell.
05/24/16
At our churches must remain focused on the deep kick, the real deal, the thing itself. I’m not the first on this site to remind us that this is Christ himself.
05/17/16
You cannot fudge Glory in this life. You get there only on the Better Day that is coming and not one day before.
05/12/16
To the Pastors and Preachers whose only word for me and others seem to be, "make sure you’re right with God!"
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