Jesus and the Gospel is so new, and so completely fulfills all of God’s designs, that all the human ideas- past, present, and future, find their meaning in Jesus. You don’t “fill Jesus” into something. Jesus fills you. You don’t tack Jesus onto something. Jesus makes all things new.
Read MoreJesus calls us to engage those around us, even if it makes us uncomfortable. Who has Jesus put in your path to engage?
Read MoreDo you believe that today Jesus can forgive your sins and make you whole? Many people will believe that Jesus lived. That He taught. That He did amazing things. Many people believe in some parts of the Jesus of the past. But what about Jesus of the present? Do you believe?
Read MoreAs humans we are formed by our experiences. Our fully human Jesus was being formed by this experience, formed for the ultimate moment when he will go to the Cross, to defeat the forces of sin which have writhed havoc on His very good creation.
Read MoreAfter reading how Peter’s mother is healed, some folks have scratched their heads that moments after recovering from being ill, she gets up and serves Jesus. It is her response to grace, by offering grace.
Read MoreJesus’ physical presence brings the forces who oppose Him into our view. The forces that oppose God are those of evil. In the coming days, we will read about this evil in every form and shape. We will read that it is a battle to the death.
Read MoreWith this text, many people are rightly amazed that these fellas immediately responded. I am. I also suggest we be rightly instructed about how we “Go into the world and make disciples…”
Read MoreToday, in Christianity, some people can tell you the day (date and time) when they turned to follow Jesus. That is a cool thing. There are other people, who have spent their entire lives raised in a Christian home. They’ve always known the love of God. They’ve always known Jesus.
Read MoreI worry we are “selling the wrong sort of Jesus”, so that when people do accept Him as Savior, they are unprepared to follow Him into the inevitable battle as Lord.
Read MoreMark wants to make sure that we more than merely understand his message of what is happening in our world, and God’s plan for it all—but that this message penetrates and changes us.
Read MoreMark led by the Spirit of God is brilliant. His use of the word’s gospel, Christ, and Son of God delivers points #1 - #3. Point #4 is delivered by the use of the Old Testament quote.
Read MoreI love all the Gospels. In years past I have written about John and Luke. Next year I will dig into Matthew with its distinctly Jewish background.
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People today lament the ways of life that are being endorsed by our government. The Light of Christ is getting dimmer in our world. Imagine how dim the Light was in Paul’s world. We should take note of the Letter to Philemon.
Read MoreGod often asks us to offer GRACE within His Family. At times it doesn’t turn out the way we hope. At other times it does. It almost always comes at personal cost. Who are your close brothers and sisters in Christ?
Read MoreLiving in the grace of Jesus Christ is less a soft and warm feeling, and more a strong and secure belief, that regardless of this world’s response—nothing can separate you from the love of God.
Read MoreCan you list off situations today where followers of Jesus face judgment from this world? Perhaps the range of issues swirling around gender and marriage come to mind. But there are more.
Read MoreI identify myself as a follower of Jesus, yet there are parts of me that seem less from Jesus and more from this world.
Read MoreResponding with God’s love to a wrong committed against us, and not as the world would have us respond, is a universal challenge.
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