faith-based commentary for people who think
Jesus is God’s invitation. When we chose to follow we must ask for the courage to be faithful. Because it is not an easy road but a challenging and often treacherous climb.
t’s been raining a lot for the past couple of weeks, so I pulled out my new camera to capture the gentle light and some of the rich colors. Here are a few of the best images.
the cross is our invitation to reconciliation with God; the empty tomb is the only solution for an empty heart; the Great I AM is also the Great Shepherd, the Way, the Truth, and the Life we were created to enjoy
I’m excited about this opportunity for a number of reasons, but primarily because it gives me the chance to talk with readers (both new readers and old) in an interactive forum. These classes are designed not only to give readers access to authors, but to facilitate a deeper dive into material that is potentially transformational.
We live in a world where we need one another, not only for our own strength and encouragement, but also so that we can make more determined and effective sorties against the darkness.
Are we going to share this Good News by living full, rich, invitational lives? Or are we going to demonstrate the ineffectuality of faith, and give the world one more reason to turn away?
We can push the religion side of things hard, but unless we are really living for Jesus, filled with the Spirit, trusting in God, we present something that is harsh, bland, and unappetizing.
As Christian men we love to put on The Whole Armor of God – and strut around in it sometimes – but we’re so-so when it comes to the Fruit of the Spirit.
today I’d like to invite the rest of us – the adults who tend to complicate the message – to allow the beautiful blessedness of God’s wide-open invitation to light our countenances too.
The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the
