4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:4-5 “I don’t believe in any of that Jesus stuff. It, and all religion, is made up by people …
The ministry of listening…
The neighborhoods I frequent in order to make friends with God host hundreds of men and women who talk to themselves and yell at invisible antagonists. Their minds are mush from birth or from abuse or from profuse amounts of Seagrams, crack, heroin, or meth – or all of the above. The people there are …
Sharing a meal together as friends (part two)
“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” Revelation 3:20 (NLT) When Jesus enters (into our hearts or into his lazy church), let’s imagine he comes in through the entryway – and then …
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Sharing a meal together as friends (part one)
“I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.” Revelation 3:20 (GNT) From this well-known, maybe overused, but hopefully not worn-out passage, many spiritual applications have been made. Jesus knocking, us hearing …
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Mistakes the Apostles made… (part four)
This is the final post on the missteps of the early church Apostles as recorded in Acts. If you want to know what I think about the accuracy of their writings (the Epistles) you'll have to go back and read part one where I talked about that. But that hasn't been my theme. I'm merely …
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