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Love Like Jesus–How a Shrink Radically Changed My Perspective on Fatherhood Forever

The Part of Us That Wants to Avoid Our Kids For some of us dads, the responsibility of getting our kids to undress, take a bath, jump into their PJs, brush their teeth, and get into bed is… Read More

The 5th Day of Creation: The Holy Spirit and Bearing Fruit

From the archives, one of our most popular posts: And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of… Read More

Love Like Jesus–Make Friends With Money

Another hard one for many. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. -Luke 16:14 How Jesus Loved People So what were the Pharisees sneering at? Jesus had just made the statement, “You cannot… Read More

Love Like Jesus and Failed Romance

For many of us, this is a hard one. A Failed Romance We all knew that guy. He’s the guy from high school who had the huge crush on a girl. During lunch he followed her around the… Read More

Love Like Jesus: No Family or Rich Friends Allowed

“When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when… Read More

Love Like Jesus: Grace for a Trespass

The temple tax collectors approached Peter and asked him directly, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?” Peter was on the spot. He didn’t really know if Jesus intended to pay the Temple tax or not. But instead… Read More

Love Like Jesus: Jesus Did Not Love Everybody the Same

He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. –Mark 5:37 How Jesus Loved People Jesus loved everybody, but he didn’t love everybody the same. Do you realize that? He loved… Read More

Love Like Jesus: Jim Bakker, Billy Graham, and a Sinking Man

This article is from the new book Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus). For more articles included in the book go to Love Like Jesus Book. I Hated Jim Bakker I hated Jim… Read More

Love Like Jesus–Love the Unlovable: Mark 2:16-17

Content for this article was taken from the new book Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus). For more articles included in the book go to Love Like Jesus Book. Love Like Jesus is due… Read More

Genesis 19:1-29 Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!

Read Genesis 19:1-29 Verse 1: The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. The two angels who we saw in our last couple of posts departed from… Read More

Genesis 18:9-15 Is anything too hard for the LORD?

Read Genesis 18:9-15 In verse nine the strangers asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?” Being strangers, how might they know Abraham’s wife’s name? Up until this point, for all Abraham knew, these three were just some nomads… Read More

Surrender Yourself to God: Joshua 1:1-7

Tonight was a great night. I attended a State Fire Chiefs Association awards ceremony where one of our crews was recognized for their efforts on the Oak Knoll, Ashland, Oregon Fire. The only problem is that I’m not… Read More