Whatever happened to loving one another?
Jesus is building his church. Repeatedly, he announced the key: “Love one another.” So what does that look like? And why is it so rare in the church today?
Christ our Passover – true stories of passing over
See how Passover meets God’s people at the intersection of pain and gain, and urges, “Pass over with God!” Celebrate Christ our Passover.
God who teaches us his ways
Always, God answers the heartcry, “Teach me your ways, so I may know you!” Sometimes, he uses the “God who …” phrases in his Word as he guides us to himself.
Obsession with power, in the church
You begin to see something distressing in the church. Can it, might it, be an obsession with power, eerily like the Baal worship of old? Whatever do you do?
Facing shame – so freedom and favor can flow
Shame can torment and shackle us. Yet Jesus bore our sins. He bore our pain. He teaches us how to face and deal with shame, so freedom and favor can flow.
People of God, befriend the forsaken
What I learned late: How often God commits himself to defend the forsaken. How strongly he urges his people to befriend the forsaken.
Sometimes, intimate conversation with God is passionate and fierce.
It is God who has wronged me
When Job cried, “It is God who has wronged me!” he showed us: Sometimes, intimate conversations with God are passionate and fierce.
Defender of the forsaken – this is God
The Lord sees when the vulnerable are abandoned. He hears when the helpless cry to him. And he acts. Defender of the forsaken – this is God.
O say, can you see?
I did not dream that, in my lifetime, leaders in the US church would convince so many to embrace such skewed views of God, Christianity and country.
See! I am doing a new thing
Nine months ago, I did not see renovation in my future. Now, I’m neck deep in refreshing my website. And I’m marveling at God’s renewing work in our lives.