After Charlottesville’s disaster on Saturday, while waiting in my car for some friends with whom I was going into the park to try to love some people toward Jesus, I broke into tears. I just sat there and cried––overcome by the sadness of it all. I’m appalled and grieved by the demonically inspired hate that …
Half Seeing (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 3)
We’ve been talking about the relative depth of our walk with Jesus and how we might––no, must––find a way to go deeper in him. In Part 1 “He’s Not Here” we looked at how easy it is to forget what Jesus says, especially when we didn’t hear or want to hear it in the first …
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Who Was That Masked Man? (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 2)
You did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you. Luke 19:44 The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 I’ve been bemoaning the relative depth of my own commonplace Christianity and what seems so typical among many Christians and their churches. In my last post I talked …
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He is not here; he has risen! (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 1)
“If you were to fall into the sea, and were that sea infinite, you would fall from one depth to another for all eternity. This is how it is with the Christian who is continuously abiding in him. He is sinking with inconceivable swiftness to the most inward depths of God.” Jeanne Guyon "Put out …
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How’s Your “Epieikes”?
Here are some sound bytes from an audio message I gave years ago based on a certain Greek word in the New Testament that summarizes how Christians should act in society. I’m reintroducing it because I think this quality is more necessary today than ever. Please give it a listen and see if the Spirit …
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