If you are asked by a friend, “why do I need Jesus?”, what is your answer?
“The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.” Then certainly our response should be “how do we make it less foolish?” right? How do we make people want to become “Christians?” How do we tell people about Jesus without making them uncomfortable? Isn’t the Gospel simply “God loves you?”. (more…)
If there is a lie that I have found myself a slave to, it is this. I would be a hypocrite to address this post solely to others. The biggest foothold that satan has is that we don’t recognize the lie.
That you cannot serve two masters (Matthew 6:24) is not a clever saying. Oh, but we do try…
As you may recall, I started this series: “Organic Lies: When Christians Become Disciples of the World” with the premise that these are the lies that seep into the lives of unguarded (more…)
“Even if you’re ever convicted of a crime, I’ll still be your friend.” That was the statement a new friend of mine made to me years ago and it forever changed me. Every wall or apprehension I had dissolved in almost an instant. I felt safe in that friendship. But, more importantly, (more…)
This post is the first in a series called “Organic Lies: When Christians become disciples of the world.” It is inevitable that some will disagree with me, which likely either means that I am wrong or (more…)
sometimes I just say stuff
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