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Here's a passage of Scripture I like to skip over: "For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ...Thei...
"Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Matt 25:40 On the week before Jesus was to be brutally killed, the ...
The last couple of blogs have dealt with the issue of spiritual authority. One thing I've seen is that it is complicated. For one thing, we confuse th...
"I didn't grow up in the church at all and my very first experience of a mentor relationship was a youth pastor who wanted to be my spiritual father...
I was jogging with a disciple recently. We were talking about some people he's discipling who were going to plant a church in a new city. Jesus sen...
Karen and I just returned from a long trip away from home. We lived in hotels, out of suitcases, with little private space. It was a great trip in so ...
Jesus was uncompromising in what he asked of his followers - complete surrender. Read what he says about a narrow road and taking up your cross and yo...
Jesus said, "Anyone who wants to save their life must lose it." (Matt. 16:25) That's the language of surrender wrapped in paradox. Surrender is n...
You can tell the Christians who haven't made Jesus Lord yet from a distance. You'll see a number of telltale signs: Chaos in their personal l...
I shared these thoughts four years ago in this post and got no feedback. But I liked it and hey, it's my blog, so here it is again. As we celebra...
