As you can see, I’ve just published a new book called Reaching Rahab and I need your help to get the word out. I wrote it for an audience to include, but exceed, my own immediate sphere of friends and family in order to inspire Christians of all types to influence others toward Jesus. …
Mature Christians Die Like Jesus Died
“…becoming like him in his death” You can't be resurrected without dying first. Death comes before resurrection. The order cannot be reversed. New life only comes after dying to the old life. If you want to know the power of Jesus’ resurrection you have to become like him in his death. It’s only those who …
Mature Christians Join Jesus In His Suffering
“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings” So, the experience of resurrection, that we spoke about in the last post, comes with a price, a huge price. It’s called the cross. Remember how Jesus beckoned us to take up our own cross and follow …
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Mature Christians Want Resurrection Power in their Lives
“… to know the power of his resurrection…” “Jesus insisted that people could not live at the circumference unless they were alive at the center. The modern attempt is to have quantity of life at the circumference regardless of quality of life at the center. Jesus knew this would end in futility and cynicism and …
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Tired of Waiting for the “Right Time” to Talk About Guns!
I have strong feelings and a thousand thoughts about these mass shootings that seem to be occurring at the pace of a speeding assault rifle bullet. I can only bring myself to share a few of them here. Not the time to talk about it… I started to say something after the San Bernardino shooting …
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