Jesus Loved the Screw Ups
“Christianity is the only religion that states that God loves the unrighteous more than the righteous.” -Paul Tournier, quoted by Leonard Sweet in Out of the Question…Into the Mystery
Silence in the Gallery
Due to a broken camera, there won’t be any new pictures in the gallery until further notice. Of course, this does force me to take more video, so maybe some good videos will come out of a broken still camera!
Where are You God?
God is inviting people to be the message! Perhaps every time we say to God, “Where are you?” that is God’s question for us. “Where are you?” -Rob Bell in “The New Exodus II: Sinai
Do You Really Want to Sign Up for This?
‚ÄúFor it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men.‚Äù (1Cor 4:9 NIV) ‚Ä¢¬†¬† ¬†so how do you feel about that?…
Rough Four Days, But an Easy Eternity
On saturday I went to the market and paid two boys to carry stuff for me. right in front of me, one hit the other and took his money and his 2 apricots. I broke them up, and he gave it back, but the other boy was crying and crying, because as soon as his protector left (me) he…
What are You Good at, Fool?
‚ÄúDo not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a ‚Äúfool‚Äù so that he may become wise.‚Äù (1Cor 3:18 NIV) wise is sophos. it means wise. it means wise in terms of able to make good, quick decisions in a specific area….
You are the Important Part of the Temple
‚ÄúDon‚Äôt you know that you yourselves are God‚Äôs temple and that God‚Äôs Spirit lives in you?‚Äù (1Cor 3:16 NIV) I always understood this. We are God’s temple and we are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. In the ancient Hebrew life, there was a tabernacle, and inside the inner inner sanctum was the Holy…
The Reward that Comes from Cutting and Chopping
‚ÄúThe man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.‚Äù (1Cor 3:8 NIV) Labor: 2873. Œ?·??œÄŒøœÇ kopos, kop¬¥-os; from 2875; a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains: ‚Äî labour, + trouble, weariness. all of…
Two Guys that Tried to Show me Jesus
I can think of two people in my past that showed me things about Christianity. One was the pastor of the first church I went to when I got saved in college. It was a little tiny charismatic church that had a lot of yelling and fainting and screaming and Allelujahing. The only thing I…
What Convinced Me that the Dodge Viper is Sweet
‚ÄúMy message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit‚Äôs power, so that your faith might not rest on men‚Äôs wisdom, but on God‚Äôs power.‚Äù (1Cor 2:4-5 NIV) If I saw a brochure about how cool the Dodge Viper is, I would be impressed at the…