“So, Jeremiah, if you’re worn out in this footrace with men, what makes you think you can race against horses? And if you can’t keep your wits during times of calm, what’s going to happen when troubles break loose like the Jordan in flood? Jeremiah 12:5 (The Message Bible) We were made for a greater …
The Missing Component
I was praying for a close friend the other day. She has everything in the world going for her. She’s very happily married, has a beautiful and healthy baby, a great job, and lives in a nice house in a cool California beach town with lots of friends and family around. I was thanking God …
In Pursuit of Prosperity
In a previous post and podcast I made an effort to establish a couple things. One is that as Christians we live in a Babylonian type exile. Two Old Testament books and two in the New devote huge chunks of material on this not nearly obscure theme (Jeremiah, Daniel, 1 Peter, and Revelation). The other …
The Kind of Heart That Wins People and How To Get It (Part 2 of 2)
This is the final piece of this “Winning Malchus” essay. We’ve hiked the peaks and valleys of our Christian methods of helping people find Jesus. Though there is no right method, there is a right manner, a good heart. We pick up the story after Peter lopped off the ear of a guy named Malchus in …
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The Kind of Heart That Wins People and How To Get It (Part 1 of 2)
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.” Proverbs 11:30 This is part of a larger essay that I call: "Winning Malchus." In the last couple of posts, I’ve been talking about the meeting of Malchus’ ear with the sharp edge of Peter’s sword. As was …
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