It’s New Year’s Eve and I just wrote an email to my kids wishing them a Happy New Year. I wanted to be sure to tell them I love them, to remind them to not imbibe too much and be safe tonight. Then I wrote, “May this next year be a year in which the …
For disciple-makers and their disciples…
The way I look at things, if you're either a new Christian or a Christian helping some new Christian become a more solid and fruitful Christian. We're all supposed to be disciples and disciple-makers. Some years ago, some friends of mine and I made an audio recording for people who've freshly come to Jesus. Luke …
How’s your “epieikes”?
I think all followers of Jesus should be "kind," don't you? There's a seldom-talked-about and even more seldom practiced Christian quality that's captured in a somewhat frequently used term in the New Testament – "Epieikes." Pronounce it any way you want to – I do. Since, in all likelihood you are already as kind as …
Making Adjustments (part four)
Does it seem to you that some Christians expect God, like a personal assistant, to keep everything on schedule and on an even keel? They might not express it that way, but their rush to hold him in contempt when Plan A is upset, delayed, or becomes altogether defunct, is pretty telling. To be disappointed …
The Black in “Black Friday”
I don’t usually talk much about stuff like this, but I couldn’t help myself. Is anyone else nauseated by the concept of “Black Friday”? Is it really my responsibility to put all my favorite retailers and our country’s economy “in the black” by buying a bunch of paraphernalia that neither my friends nor I need? …
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