Sin, Two Women, My Two Sons (And The Son Of God)
Two Women
I just listened to a podcast by a woman named Gaby Viesca. She was talking about the two women Read More
Things I Heard In Church: “Following Jesus Is Like Drafting The Fastest Guy In The Peloton”
Things I Heard In Church:
“Following Jesus is like drafting the fastest guy in the peloton. The closer you are to the one in front of you, the greater the benefit.” –Ben Herr
From Ben Herr‘s excellent presentation: Fishers of Men, heard at Cedar Mill Bible Church
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I Don’t Know Who Jesus Is (I Just Did What He Said)
I Don’t Know Who Jesus Is (I Just Did What He Said) Read More
Things I Heard In Church: A Sermon On Sex (In The Dark)
Things I Heard In Church: A sermon on sex (in the dark).
During that sermon, the pastor said these words: Read More
Religious Bigots
Against the Flow
The Definition Of A Bigot
I want to begin by saying I struggled with using the word bigot. The first definition that comes up when I Google it is, “a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.” That’s similar to other definitions I found, including the one from Merriam-Webster and that’s the meaning of the word as it’s used in this blog post. But for many people today the word bigot has become synonymous with the word racist and that’s NOT the meaning of the word as used in this article.
When Rules Trump Jesus’ Love
Today a Christian friend of mine shared about a man I’ll call Tom. My friend cared for this man in a group home because Tom had a serious cognitive disability. Tom’s capacity to enjoy life was severely limited: there was just one, and only one, activity that brought him joy and that was Read More
Things I Heard In Church: “The first miracle Jesus ever did was to turn water into wine–to save a party.” -Randy Alcorn
“The first miracle Jesus ever did was to turn water into wine–to save a party.” –Randy Alcorn
Last Sunday I visited my friends Darrell, Patty, and Kellen Knott at Good Shepherd Community Church, East of Portland. Best selling author Randy Alcorn was speaking on the topic of happiness there. Here are a few more quotes from Randy on that day (be sure not to miss the last one!): Read More
I Really, Really, Really Liked This Music Video by Keiren Mitchell
I really, really, really liked this music video by Keiren Mitchell.
The Time Jesus Asked The Impossible (of a sick and suffering man)
Christ follower
The Way Of His Culture
In Jesus’ day there was this place in Jerusalem by a pool called Bethesda. It had five decks, and each deck had a roof supported by pillars. The rumor was Read More
Things I Heard In Church: A Primer on Smallpox
The smallpox virus killed 80% of children and 30% of adults who contracted the disease. Smallpox, also known as the red plague, was one of the most devastating diseases in history, until Edward Jenner came along. Edward Jenner’s work changed everything. He made people immune to the virus by infecting people with a virus. He made people immune to smallpox by infecting them with a different pox virus: cowpox. Two hundred years after Jenner, the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated.
It turns out, Jenner’s story is analogous to Jesus’ story…
For more, listen to Dave Teixeira’s teaching on 3/27/2016, 11am, Everything Changed
Thought Of You When I Read This Today
I thought of you when I read this today, you my readers, and a few of you in particular. These were the words I read:
“The boundless dimensions of the Lord of glory simply cannot be confined within any human interpretation of his perfection, and the longer one looks at him, the more one sees this to be the case. Yet recognizing this fact, there is no study more rewarding. Limited as our faculties of perception may be, we know that in the Master we have a perfect Teacher.” Robert E. Coleman
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Posted on April 18, 2016 by Kurt Bennett
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Robert E Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism, Why read the Bible, Why study Jesus