Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, Life on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
In Mark 12:15-17, the Pharisee are trying to get Jesus to say something they can arrest him for, mainly that Jews shouldn’t pay taxes to Rome. So they ask if Jews should pay taxes to Caesar or not. The whole problem of course that in Jewish culture carrying around a coin with an image on [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, Life, Uncategorized, tagged evangelism, gospel on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
*Disclaimer
I apologize up front to anyone who is offended by referring the church to business practices. I know for some it makes the gospel sound harsh, static, shallow, and degrades the gospel into just another product.
I assure you this is not my intention. I’m not interested in comparing the success of the church to the [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, margins, tagged faith, gospel. margins, healing, issue of blood, redemption on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I think the majority of people live in the margins of life.
We feel as if we have just fallen short.
We’re not good enough, smart enough, rich enough, important enough, and so we define ourselves by our circumstances.
You know what I love about the Gospels.
They are full of stories of how Jesus steps into the margins [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Gravity of Breathing, Jesus, Life on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So tell me what you think?
Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, Life on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Christianity, Church, Gravity of Breathing, Jesus, Life on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Gravity of Breathing [3] Tension
Tension | Oxford American Dictionary |
1 the state of being stretched tight
• a strained state or condition resulting from forces acting in opposition to each other.
2 mental or emotional strain
• a relationship between ideas or qualities with conflicting demands or implications
*There is no use of the word tension in the [...]
Posted in Christianity, Gravity of Breathing, Jesus, Life on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Gravity of Breathing [2] Heavy
John 11:21-37
21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 “Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Gravity of Breathing, Jesus, Life on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Gravity of Breathing [1] Tired
John 4:6 (New International Version)
6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
•Why is Jesus tired?
is it just from the long walk? Then why doesn’t it [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, The Launch on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Read This // Matthew 19:16-22 (The Message)
The Rich Young Man
16Another day, a man stopped Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” 17Jesus said, “Why do you question me about what’s good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, [...]
Posted in Christianity, Church, Jesus, Life, The Launch on June 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Read This // Ephesians 2:1-10 (The Message)
1It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. 2 You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. 3 [...]
