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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005I think Jesus leads different people to different places. I think Jesus has a different purpose for everyone, and a different contribution to His kingdom. For the sake of argument, let's call that mission –that contribution — a person's North Star. I didn't coin the term myself. It came from here.
My North Star is […]
Waiting for Jesus to Return
Friday, December 23rd, 2005…how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
We talk a lot about the big story, or at least we should. The part of the big […]
Humility in Relationships
Friday, December 2nd, 2005I've spent this week thinking about and working on an article about Timothy, Paul, apprenticeship, and my experiences with all those. One thing has really, really stood out to me in all of it.
Humility is what allows to people to interact with each other properly. I've been mostly thinking about a student-teacher relationship, where a […]
The "Be Better" Gospel
Monday, November 21st, 2005Found this article today — I just really liked this quote here:
God never intended for morality to be practiced in cosy Christian cliques. In actuality Jesus never told us to pursue morality at all. Jesus came to free us to live from our hearts. [more]
His Plan for His Money That I Watch
Friday, November 18th, 2005No one wants to have a sore spot touched, and likewise a society with many sores will twitch when someone has the courage to touch one and say: “You have to treat that. You have to get rid of that.”
Oscar Romero
I know our society has many spots that are automatically off-limits for Jesus or his […]
Short and Right
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005This is great. Spiritual direction is something you choose, like giving God a great tool to mold you. Great step to take, onehouse!
The Messiah's Final Goal
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005I think I'm gonna read this passage a couple times for the next few days. This is what is coming. This is Jesus's (Saviour of the World) master plan. This is where He's going, and this is where he's taking us with him. I'm excited to follow Him there.
The Messiah's Final Goal:
And he carried me […]
Making Much of Me
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005Confession time! I was sitting there in my car listening to this CD. The song playing was "Much of You," and the song spoke about making "much" of Jesus. My mind drifted almost imperceptibly into how to make much of me. How quickly I find myself a traitor! Arg.
In reality, I certainly am not the […]
Mean Mean Green, the Almighty Dollar
Friday, November 4th, 2005I Timothy says that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. My first response to that is, really? Can money really lead to all kinds of evil? So I decided to sit down and type out what kind of error the love of money could lead us into.
Covetousness, wanting what […]
The Father's Love for Jesus
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005This morning I read John 17, where Jesus prays for His disciples (including us). One thing jumped out at me. At the very end of the prayer, Jesus sums up everything by asking that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. Similar, though different from the opening […]
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