Posts tagged “Jesus”
It is finished
“The Boxer” is a song that was recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel on their fifth studio album, Bridge Over Troubled…
When Jesus’s cross disappears
One Ash Wednesday morning, I was preparing ashes to apply to hands or foreheads in a special worship service to begin the Christian season…
Jesus didn’t run
If you know the geography of Jerusalem, you realize that Jesus could have run. On the Thursday night that he was arrested, Jesus was…
Already clean
If you struggle to believe that God likes you due to the overwhelming evidence of your sinfulness, listen closely to Jesus. He told his…
Every spiritual blessing
When I read all 389 Bible passages that use the word bless/blessed/blessing, I noticed a distinctive shift from the Old Testament to the New….
100% saved
Imagine if you lived an average American life (77 years or 28,207 days) and you only had to be good 1% of the time…
Jesus submitted for us
There is a beautiful, handmade cross that hangs over the entrance to my church’s gathering place for worship. My friend Tom crafted it back…
God’s forgiveness is limitless
Biblical forgiveness is not like the express checkout at your local grocery store—maximum 15 items. Instead, God calls you to forgive and forgive and…
The shadow of death
Here’s a funny question: Would you rather get hit by a boulder or the shadow of a boulder? It really doesn’t take a master’s…
Lamb over me
I was studying the Bible with a Chinese friend at our church. We were looking at the word righteousness, and one of the Bible…
Jesus is the way
Recently, I took my first-ever hike through the beautiful desert of southern Arizona. Think prickly pear and towering saguaro cacti, multicolored mountains, and a…
The arc of history
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is credited with saying that the arc of the universe bends toward justice. I think that’s true because God…