Posts tagged “Repentance”
Come as you are—live as he is
Many church websites today display the motto: Come as you are! This is an encouragement for people to understand that Jesus (and their church)…
When your outsides and insides don’t match
We saw Harry Styles at Chipotle. Well, it could have been Harry Styles. He looked an awful lot like him, and confidence oozed out…
Ready?
Are you ready? My boys and I weren’t. We were sitting on our beds at a hotel, watching sports highlights, when suddenly the fire…
I am the worst
I want people held accountable when they are not following the rules that I believe are good. You know, like when they steal things…
God doesn’t give what we want
After a few years of marriage, Kim and I decided that we needed some counseling. With two kiddos in diapers, we were running on…
Not my problem
“Not responsible for gravel projectiles smashing your windshield.” That’s what the sign on the back of the dump truck read. Or something like that….
Forgiveness for him?
A man opened up to me about his past. It wasn’t good. Actually, it was really bad. He had broken laws. Committed crimes. In…
Baptism is a big deal
I’m not sure if you’ve been baptized, if you celebrate your baptism, or if you have thought at all about baptism this week (or…
That’s entitlement!
A senator on the reelection trail was at a luncheon sponsored by some of his constituents. He was very hungry, so when the woman…
A Christian can hate?
God knows everything. God is everywhere. God can do anything. But he is more. He is also holy. David wrote: “Do I not hate…
Will you welcome Jesus?
If Jesus knocked on your front door, would you let him in? The Samaritans didn’t. “[Jesus] sent messengers on ahead, who went into a…
Look in the mirror
The ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks were quite fond of mirrors and often manufactured mirrors from polished copper and bronze. Glass mirrors were first…