[I hope you'll take a look at the 1st three posts or if you'd prefer to view the entire essay you can find it on barneywiget.com.] The Father loves outer circle sinners and wants his inner circle sons to love them too (Luke 15:11-32) The most familiar of the three stories is what we typically call …
Outer Circle Christians (Part 3 of 6)
[I recommend that you take a look at the 1st and 2nd posts or if you'd prefer to view the entire essay you can find it on my website.] JESUS IS AN OUTER CIRCLE SEEKING SAVIOR “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in …
Outer Circle Christians (Part 2 of 6)
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:2 Jesus’ welcome was way too wide for the spiritual experts of his time. They didn’t like the people he welcomed, how they looked, where they were from, or how they worshipped. The Pharisees, Judaism’s self-appointed Inner Circle in Jesus’ day, weren’t interested in reaching Outer …
Outer Circle Christians (Part 1 of 6)
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:2 When I was a kid I had a semi-harmless addiction to merry-go-rounds. It was always the first thing I ran to when unleashed on a playground. “Faster!” I shouted to whoever was willing to push as my face turned blue and my stomach queased. For …
Jesus – A Middle-Class Messiah? (He begins at the bottom) Part 3 of 3
[I recommend that you read Parts 1 and 2 before proceeding...] “OK, well, this isn’t going like we’d hoped,” the envoys whispered among themselves. “This may not be our guy. His agenda is definitely not the same as ours and he doesn’t seem to care at all about our American Dream. He’s so concerned about …
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