Over the years I’ve come to realize, the most valuable thing on earth among humankind is a love for Jesus.
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Whose Sin Caused This? (And does the existence of suffering prove there is no God?)
Henry Rollins Is Afraid To Die
Yesterday Nate told me something about the musician Henry Rollins. He said: Henry Rollins is afraid to die. So he sleeps only as long as he has to sleep. And when he’s not asleep he makes the most of every waking moment.
That really resonated with me because the day before Continue reading
Who’s Your Father?
Read John 8:37-47.
The Unwelcome Prince
The castle at the center of the kingdom was magnificent. It was situated on a hilltop with rows of terraced vineyards in the foreground and a stunning view of the remote valley beyond. By all appearances the people who lived there were respectable. They dressed well, they seemed polite enough, and they kept things looking neat and clean. But Continue reading
Things You Should Know About The Author Of This Blog: I live with a dog who thinks he’s a human
I live with a dog who thinks he’s a human.
He watches TV–like a human. Here we see him watching John Wayne with Kathy. He likes John Wayne movies. I think it’s the horses.
Up until a few months ago, my mom-in-law lived with us. She was sick and dying. Werner seemed to know this and liked to lay down nearby. One time he brought a mouth full of his dog food and laid it at her feet. He’s never done that before, or since. Continue reading
The Pharisees Attack The Light Of The World (And Jesus’ 3 Point Rebuttal)
Christ Accused by the Pharisees by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308
Read John 8:12-20.
The Pharisees Attack The Light Of The World Continue reading
Things I Heard In Church: “The Essence Of Sin Is Man Substituting Himself For God”
Things I heard in church: This amazing quote by John Stott:
“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives that belong to God alone; God accepts penalties that belong to man alone.” –John Stott
Heard at Waterfront Foursquare Church, Sunday, 11/6/2016.
What Does It Mean To Feed On Jesus’ Flesh? John 6:47-59
Am I Going To Heaven? (John 6:44-45)
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me…” (John 6:44-45)
No one can come unless they’re drawn.
Jesus said to the crowd, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.”
Youngs Literal Translation says it this way, “no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him…” (John 6:44-45 YLT)
For centuries now, Christians have debated the meaning of verses like this one. God’s sovereignty vs. our free will. Calvinism vs. Arminianism. John Calvin’s theology vs. Jacobus Arminius’s theology. And then there’s a huge number of Christians who hold views that are mixtures of the two. I’m not going to attempt to resolve a debate that began almost five hundred years ago and continues today.
But I will speak to anyone who reads this verse and worries that they may be a person who hasn’t been drawn to Jesus by God the Father.
Am I Drawn? Am I Saved? Continue reading
The Surest Way To Work Up A Crusade
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior ‘righteous indignation’–this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
–Aldous Huxley
“for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” James 1:20
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