“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the …
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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How Jesus Feeds the Hungry (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 I introduced some thoughts, based on the familiar story of Jesus’ feeding of the 5000, about what I consider to be his typical way of feeding hungry people. The disciples wanted him to “send them away!” but fortunately he had a better idea, which I believe was more than unique to …
How Jesus Feeds the Hungry (Part 1 of 2)
Besides the resurrection, I bet you don’t know which of Jesus’ miracles made it into all four gospels! OK, my title gave it away, but would you have guessed it if I had called it “Jewish Boy Loses His Lunch” or “Give All You Got and Get More Than You Had” or something of …
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