There’s only one gospel, but there’s more than one way to share it. You wouldn’t want your doctor to rush to a diagnosis and treatment of your condition before listening to your description of your pain. That’s a formula for the unnecessary removal of some necessary parts! When we do all the talking and expect …
Play Your Part, Then Get Off The Stage!
I heard someone say the other day, “We're all gonna die, be buried, and be turned into dust and in a couple generations or more most of us won’t even be remembered.” It sort of bummed me out. It’s not like it’s never occurred to me, but putting it like that depressed me a little. …
Bringing Up Buried Treasure
Though we’re all susceptible to living shallow lives, essentially we are beings capable of living lives of immeasurable worth. Most people have lost hope for meaning and need to be provoked to believe that they’re not merely what they appear to be on the outside. They may live primarily from––and/or for––their exterior, unaware that they …
An Uncommon Combination of Clout and Compassion (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 we began talking about the account of the centurion in Luke 7 who possessed both clout and compassion. He had great social and political power as well as “great faith.” He cared deeply about the dying servant in his house and the Jewish people under his authority, and treated them all with …
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An Uncommon Combination of Clout and Compassion (Part 1 of 2)
Roman centurions had clout––and plenty! But not many were accused of an overabundance of compassion. Sanctioned by the most powerful empire on earth, wherever they roamed, they wielded the limitless authority of Rome. The Jews and all other occupied lands lived under the thumb of the state and in fear of the army’s oft-capricious tactics. …
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