Posts tagged “Grace”
Jesus is a big baby
It’s hard for a baby to be a big deal. As much as I adore my two daughters, I realize that only a tiny…
The gift that keeps on giving
Most likely you’ve heard the phrase, “It’s the gift that keeps on giving.” It was first coined in the 1920s and promoted radios. The…
Good news for black sheep
Did you know that, according to many rabbis who lived around the time of Jesus, shepherds were the black sheep of the Jewish family?…
Who would hate Jesus?
If Jesus was full of grace, if he never sinned and always loved, why did so many people hate him? Jesus actually answered that…
We get the award
After actress Kate Winslet won an Oscar in 2009, she decided not to keep the trophy on a shelf or in a display case….
All the marshmallows
Have you heard of the famous marshmallow experiment? In the 1960s, a Stanford professor tested hundreds of children ages 4-5 by sitting them down…
Grudges
I know exactly why people hold grudges (got a few myself right now). Nursing a grievance instead of resolving it gives me a fake…
Wretched. Rescued.
John Newton knew something about guilt. It shackled his heart. And young John had seen plenty of shackles as the captain of a slave…
A-Z grace
“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal…
The walking dead
For many of you, your neighborhoods have started to look a lot like mine does. With Halloween just around the corner, there are all…
Holy, holy, holy
I learned a new word the other day. I fancy myself to be a word nerd with a decently large vocabulary, so this doesn’t…
God so loved the world
Have you ever paused long enough to meditate on the staggering meaning of John 3:16? “God so loved the world that he gave his…