Relying on God’s mercy …
It doesn’t take a relentless enemy — and Satan is relentless! — to cause you or I to stumble, it just takes us. Even as children of […]
29
Nov
2015
Blog Tag
Christianity
28
Nov
2015
Is there enough “good” to share?
Is it possible to run out of “good”? That sounds like a silly question, but it happens to be a real fear of many people. In 1980, […]
06
Nov
2015
What’s the daily life of a Christian supposed to look like?
There’s a lot to learn from the Bible. Just when we think we’ve figured out a particular passage of scripture, we come back through it and learn […]
03
Nov
2015
Hospitality and the Great Commission …
Sitting at a corner table at a Starbucks, I was enjoying the free-flowing conversation with a local pastor I was spending time with to get to know […]
02
Nov
2015
It’s hard to wear white …
“The plane, boss! The plane!” Do you know the name of the television show on which a character would say that line during each episode? If you […]
23
Oct
2015
Don’t be stupid …
You cannot have that fullness of life Jesus promised to those who follow Him if you return to your sin and try to carry it along the […]
13
Oct
2015
Becoming a Christian minimalist …
For many people in Western culture, we’ve bought the lie that “busy” leads to a better, fuller life when the truth is that many people are critically […]
03
Oct
2015
How the UCC Christians couldn’t deny their faith …
Following the tragic shooting two days ago at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College where a gunman specifically targeted the killing of Christians, a new post is broadly making […]
01
Oct
2015
A promise that exceeds the hype …
Not long ago a patron of a cafe in Chicago summoned his waiter to his table and inquired of him, “I want to know the meaning of […]
25
Sep
2015
It’s not just Millennials leaving the church …
A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with a friend and brother in Christ who said he was leaving the church. Well, at least he […]