Where hypocrisy comes from
Recently, a blog reader questioned the "orthodoxy" of a quote I mentioned in one of my blogs. To his way of thinking, I was advocating faith without a...
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Recently, a blog reader questioned the "orthodoxy" of a quote I mentioned in one of my blogs. To his way of thinking, I was advocating faith without a...
The disciples asked Jesus, "Why do you tell stories?" He answered, "I tell stories to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight."...
Ron Walborn tells the following story. I was at the grocery store, checking out when the people behind me accosted me. "Excuse me, are...
Here’s Tom Davis’ video update from Africa. We’ve been struggling to find a place that has sufficient bandwidth to upload it. We finally found t...
I received a good rejoinder to my breezy dismissal of JW's trying to witness to me from Terry Wilcox. I realized she was right and accepted her admoni...
At the end of His ministry, Jesus was preparing two of His top disciples, John and Peter, for his departure. Jesus tol...
90-96% of our thoughts are repetitive and generally negative, says writer Richard Rohr, citing psychological studies. We recycle our thoughts, allowin...
I was sitting at a bar ordering lunch at a restaurant in a small airport in Texas when the lady behind the counter accosted me: “Whaddya want?” ...
I didn’t mention in yesterday’s blog that Mark’s relatives who were having the abortion weren’t Christians. Kevin Rubottom wrote a blog commen...
The world is a painful place. We're born screaming, we wrestle with the vulnerability of childhood and the awkwardness of adolescence. Then, we fight ...