1 John, Bible, God, Hebrews, Jesus, John, prayer, Romans
Prayer is good. Praying for each other is good. And I appreciate people who pray for me in the privacy of their own minds. But I am taken to a whole new level of honored when someone prays for me out loud in my presence. I am humbled. I am touched someone would take...
1 Corinthians, 1 Samuel, 1 Timothy, Acts, believe, Bible, Deuteronomy, faith, God, Heaven, idols, Jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, Luke, Numbers, obedience, tolerance, universalism, worship
There is a popular idea out there that it doesn’t matter how you choose to worship, as long as you are sincere. Within this idea is an unspoken conclusion that, somehow, no matter which religion turns out to be right, the god(s) of that religion will honor the...
believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, God, Heaven, Jesus, John, sin, truth
Christianity is often distinguished from all other religions because it is the only religion (except maybe universalism, which says everyone goes to Heaven no matter what) that is not works-based. While the other world religions require men to be good – to do...
1 John, discipline, God, idols, John, Kurt Cobain, love, obedience, sin
Hi, my name is Kelly, and I am a rebel. I’m sure this is true of all people to some degree or another, but I feel particularly prone to resist authority. I blame my older brother. He modeled rebellion well for me, for which he spent the better part of the...
Bible, Bono, God, Isaiah, Jesus, John, love, obedience, One Republic, the good life
One Republic has a song on regular rotation on your local pop station these days. It’s called, “Good Life”. It is nothing to write home about, but it caught my attention this morning because a) it was the second time in 24 hours I had heard it, and...
Elton John, evangelism, Facebook, God, idols, John, Peter
Yesterday I found myself in the middle of some Facebook evangelism. You know what I mean, right? I got sucked in to a religious debate via social media. I don’t usually recommend this. Any serious conversation about faith that takes place through a non-face...
