believe, Bible, Ephesians, Father, God, Jesus, Matthew, obedience, Romans
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” – Jesus As I read Matthew 7 this morning, this verse caught my eye. Actually, the heading above this...
Ephesians, God, ministry, Romans
I’ve been seriously looking for a job since March, 2014 (unseriously for even longer…) If you’ve looked for a job recently, you know how fun it is. My journey went something like this: March, 2014: had small crisis that was more than likely going to...
believe, Church, discipleship, Ephesians, evangelism, God, Gospel, grace, Jesus, Luke, Matthew, salvation
I started reading a Bonhoeffer book last week. He wrote it in the 1930’s, but it reads as if he wrote it yesterday. Is the price that we are paying today with the collapse of organized churches anything else but an inevitable consequence of grace acquired too...
2 Timothy, Bible, Ephesians, grace, Paul
The other day I was reading in 2 Timothy, and a beautifully unique phrase jumped out at me. Paul says to Timothy, “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,” (2 Timothy 2:1). I know I’ve read this book of the Bible several...
2 Corinthians, anger, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, God, Jesus, John, sin
One of the stories in the gospels that intrigues me is when Jesus got so ticked off He started turning over tables like a mad man. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep...
Bible, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, friendship, Jesus, love, Luke, pain, Peter, relationships, sacrifice, unity
Sometimes people hurt us. Insightful, no? Accidents happen. Feelings get hurt. Egos get bruised. People get overlooked. And, every once in awhile, people may purposefully take a stab at our hearts out of anger or bitterness. Most of the time this kind of thing happens...
