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Sourdough, The Daily Grind and Our Legacy
The Legacy that we leave behind is just not the bright lights and fireworks but also the mistakes – there is life in everything – in sourdough starter and even the air that we breathe – it had different value and worth and every life must be surrendered at the feet of Christ.
Stop. Wait. Go.
In the gospel of Mark, the Pharisees tell Jesus that his disciples are breaking the law of the “sabbath”, the day of rest. In answering them, Jesus teaches that the sabbath was “made for man not man for the sabbath.” It was a liberation from our toils and a freedom to rest in God’s care.
Against the Flow
Christ’s call to follow him is a radical one. But obedience to Jesus flies in the face of typical human thinking. It’s a world defying, uncommon leap into more truth that we have been brought up with.
Our Father // The Disciples Prayer (Part 2)
In the prayer Jesus teaches to the disciples in Matthew chapter 6, we see a breathtaking range of God’s knowledge and care detailing the divine will of God being completed on earth and in the heavens down to the daily need for our food.
Our Father // The Disciples Prayer
The prayer Jesus teaches to the disciples has become woven into culture. But despite being so well known, it is not so well understood.
7 Symptoms I'm Losing My Tenderness of Heart
There comes a point when it’s no longer that we can’t believe, but that we won’t. And when that happens, we need the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ to penetrate and tenderize our hearts once again.
“I am a Christian”
Do you believe that you are “Christian”? Do you confess to be a “Christian”? If so, what does that mean? From Acts chapter 11, into the broader book of Acts, and beyond into the New Testament, we know that…
Five Reasons You are to be Continually Filled with The Holy Spirit
In short, the amazing gift of the Holy Spirit brought 3,000 people from all over the ancient world to saving faith in Jesus Christ and created the church!
The true test is “we do not give up”
If you don't want to give up, you're probably not doing anything worth doing.
If you don't want to give up, you're probably not doing anything hard.
A Thorn in the Flesh
Often we ask God to take our weakness away. We ask for strength. Now, there’s nothing wrong with asking for those things. But sometimes, when those prayers go unanswered, we wonder why.
How God’s worth transforms us
We only discover the counterfeit when we know the truth. We only discover the fake when we know the original. We only know the unworthy when we know the worthy.
The Beautiful Light
In the letter to the Ephesian Church, Paul says something quite striking. Paul then instructs them that they ARE light! Not only that they are "in" light, but that IN Christ, they have become light!
43 SECONDS
Two weeks ago I made a reel of Levi playing in the backyard using his imagination. It lasts 43 seconds. It’s possible people in my own family haven’t watched till the end.
What is Man That God is Mindful of Us?
Have you stopped to consider the astounding reality that the God who created all things desires to have a relationship with His creation? With you?
How to be Thankful
The word of God to us in scripture exhorts us to be thankful over 150 times. Thankfulness, expressed in different ways, should be a part of who we are as disciples of Jesus.
How to be renewed
We cannot GET renewed, at least not like you can go to the store and get milk or protein bars. We can only BE renewed, when acted upon by something or someone outside ourselves.
The Resurrection of Christ
The resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything. Jesus being raised is the central moment, the most critical event for all the world and every human being.
The Triumphal Entry // Only What is Crucified Can be Resurrected
Palm Sunday commemorates the day that King Jesus, Messiah, entered Jerusalem to the cheers of "hosanna" - that is, "LORD save us".