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Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life … “ (John 14:6). Christ followers claim to believe it, or him. In the current climate of tolerance and political correctness followers of Jesus will respectfully but firmly insist that Jesus’ way is the way like no other, that doing it Jesus’ way gets …
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Friends, here is what we are about. We are earnest followers of Jesus. We start, continue, and finish with Jesus. We do not so much have Jesus in our hearts as Jesus has us in his heart. We delight not so much that Jesus is part of our lives as that we are part of Jesus’ life. …
God has cheated you out of what is rightfully yours! And, God’s way is unnecessarily hard! These are the primal temptations that targeted the first humans and the FINAL HUMAN. They continue to target us, and often undo us. God has cheated you or God denies you what is really best for you. God doesn’t …
We were in a hurry—on the way to church, actually. As I passed the late model Chevy Suburban, my wife called out, “step on it!” The Suburban had begun to move into our lane. The other driver never saw us, or the Semi-truck just moving into her blind spot. In the next moments we watched …
We have just entered the season made sacred by Jesus’ urgent invitation: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). I confess my need of Lent—that time of the year when the mind’s eye and the heart’s ear give acute attention …