Posts tagged “Jesus”
Your best body is yet to come
I’ll be turning 42 this year and am starting to feel it. The other night I was hanging out with a crowd about half…
No ambiguity
Not long ago I watched a movie called Blackbird. The story revolves around a woman who is suffering from a physically debilitating illness that…
The gospel for productive people
Do you consider yourself a productive person? If those personality tests are true, my life is packed with productive people. My mom, my mother-in-law,…
Reformation freedom
The events of October 31, 1517, are fairly well known in church circles. When Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the Castle Church…
Is your name getting called?
My son loves football, so NFL Draft Day is a big deal in our house. Who’s going first? Who was supposed to go early…
The defeat of darkness
In a galaxy ten billion light-years away, you will likely find planets and stars and solar systems that no one will ever see. Jesus…
Freedom in Christ
On Saturday mornings in the 80s, I remember seeing the School House Rock tagline that boasted, “Knowledge is power.” One episode of this cartoon…
What to do with doubt
Recently, I met two women who were struggling with doubt. The first was raised in another religion but had fallen in love with a…
Today you have God’s blessing
Jesus had come back home to preach. He stood up and quoted the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because…
Afflict the comfortable. Comfort the afflicted.
I hadn’t planned on being that intense with her. We were at a coffee shop, and I was loving the conversation with this intelligent,…
When God’s commands don’t make sense
Which command of God doesn’t make sense to you? The servants at a wedding in Cana must’ve been confused by Jesus’ command. You can…
Your identity and destiny
Have you ever noticed how human beings ache for (1) an identity and (2) a destiny? We try to figure out who we are,…