“Unoffended”: Zombies, Bad Intentions, And People Who Love Like Jesus
“The Zombies Are After Me”
People I Know Who Most Resemble Jesus: Hold Lightly
I’ve noticed the people I know who most resemble Jesus, hold on to their expectations ever so lightly. [Image by Matt Reinbold via Wikimedia – Labeled for reuse on Google Images. Creative Commons, Text added from GodRunning.com.]
The Anxiety Graph
The people I observe who experience God’s peace and joy are people who hold on to their own expectations lightly, and are open to God’s plans, even when His plans are surprising and troubling. The people I observe… Read More
Your Troubled Heart (and Jesus’ solution)
Your Troubled Heart (and Jesus’ solution)
Chapter 11: Guard Your Heart Like Jesus — From the new book Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus)
Today’s post is from my new book Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus). Last Saturday we posted Chapter 10: Jesus And The Fluid Life. Love Like Jesus is due to be published in January of… Read More
The Terrible Thing (that’s easier than what we’re all trying to do instead)
“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self–all your wishes and precautions–to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead.” -C.S. Lewis
The Cure For Anxiety
Read John 13:2-11. Jesus And Peter
Discomfort With Death
Read John 11:17-45. Discomfort With Death
The Consequences Of Ignoring God: God’s Way, Your Way, And Your Crushed Spirit
(From the archives.) Guilt, Fear, And A Crushed Spirit Continuing our series on suffering, today we’ll look at how ignoring God can
The Best Investment
Thirsty Again Last post from the gospel of John we talked about how Jesus loved both the Samaritan woman living on the margin, and the Jewish man leading the mainstream. And we talked about how we need to… Read More
Things I Heard In Church: “In Those Days There Was No COSTCO, There Was Get In Your BOATCO And Go FISHINGCO”
Things I Heard In Church: “In those days there was no COSTCO, there was get in your BOATCO and go FISHINGCO.” Matt Bowen speaking on Jesus’ teaching encouraging us to not be anxious. From Matt Bowen’s teaching, Without… Read More
