Luke 10:25-37 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26″What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all …
Listening To The Fruit Of The Church
“1 in 8 Americans consider themselves ex-Christians.” (source) This is a startling statistic. Something is broken and the evidence is beginning to build. One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about the narrative of Scripture is seeing the patterns designed into the universe. What is true produces life. What is false produces death. It’s really …
What Is A Follower Of Jesus
It seems like I’ve had some of the best conversations lately. It started with this post, which asks if Christianity is a system of belief or a way of life. And then it extended to this post, which asks if denying God is wrestling with God. And within these conversations seems to be common thread. …
Did God Fail?
Sometimes I think God allows pain in order to get us to the point of admitting what we don’t want to admit. Recently I was talking with some friends about some very important aspects of my life. We were lamenting in some regards. It was a very hard conversation but beautiful in many ways. We …
Reimagining The Slippery Slope
What if it is time to reimagine the slippery slope? I was watching a video this morning of Dan Brennan and Spencer Burke talk about male female relationships. It’s a great video and a really great topic that I hope finds traction. How do men and women find wholistic relationships together in community? (Brian McLaren …
Christianity In Crisis
“Christianity is in crisis – and in a deeper crisis, in my view, than many Christians are allowing themselves to believe.” Top of the morning to you too. ;-P I woke up this morning and began reading Andrew Sullivan’s interesting perspective on Christianity. And I pick this out because Andrew represents for me the broader …
Would Jesus Drop A Bomb?
I love Greg Boy and Tony Campolo. Some classic lines in this one.
What's Your Intrinsic Mobilizing Story?
Do we have an intrinsic mobilizing story that compels us to follow? This video by Francis Chan is interesting for several reasons. Francis talks about how we’re attracted to Jesus but not really willing to follow Jesus. We like what Jesus did, but we’re not willing to see Jesus as an action role model to …
The Great Commandment
Mark Batterson writes in his book Primal: “The great commandment is the lost soul of Christianity. If Jesus said that loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength is the most important commandment, then doesn’t it logically follow that we ought to spend an inordinate amount of our time and energy trying to …
Spiritual Excuses
When Jesus said: (New International Version) 22Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the …
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