In the last two posts I’ve talked about motivation and how we are the divine manifestation of love in this reality. We are love, the essence and substance and product of love. We are what other-centered, unconditional love looks like. God, being love, expressed Himself as love to become us. In doing so, He took…
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Cor 3:18, NIV) Do you like Christmas trees? Do you like a really decked out Christmas tree with all the trimmings? Filled with cliché for…
Jesus reveals the Father. Jesus shows us the nature and character of God. Jesus is God and is the way to God. Jesus is the truth about God. Jesus is the life of God expressed in the perfect human form. Jesus is the Love of God expressed in perfect harmony with the triune nature of…
Yeah you! At the center of this journey is the discovery of who we are and who God is and how it all fits together. Of course there are the legacies we leave and the lives we touch. There are the relationships we build and the impacts we have on others. There are the interactions between…
1 Cor 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles (ESV) Why do you suppose Paul calls Jesus on a cross a stumbling block and folly? In religious circles, of human effort and fallen Adam wisdom, it is often explained as “His morality is impossible for us to live…
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or…
Have you ever been called in to see your boss? Maybe when you were little you got called into the principle’s office? Can you hear your mom calling you from the other side of the house? Yep that is your dad yelling “come here Jimmy.” Or maybe it isn’t a “superior” but a “peer” who…
Have you ever been late to a party or something you had been looking forward to? You know the scene. You leave early so you can get a good parking spot. You hit every light perfectly and your mind is racing with anticipation. Then you turn the corner and “what?” There are cars parked everywhere.…
When Jesus healed people it was an inside job. Every time He healed someone He was forgiving their sins. The healing was out of His compassion for sure but the external evidence of a healed body was proof to everyone who saw them that God didn’t make them sick. God had already forgiven their sins…
This journey we are on in the advancing Kingdom of God is unique to each of us. As a matter of fact I am finding more and more that when I hang onto a “this must be the only truth” idea…well God has another idea. The infinite Grace He has for us should be our…
