What is Learning Jesus?
Every day is an opportunity to sit in a class taught by the greatest instructor ever: Jesus the Master teacher. He guides us into life with God. Learning Jesus is not just learning about or from Jesus but taking in his whole life, allowing his life to permeate ours.
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DON’T WORRY! IT MIGHT NOT BE YOUR JOB.
I am writing for the anxious Christians who think they MUST evangelize, share their faith with all the people they meet. It’s not the responsibility of every Christian to make converts or even disciples for that matter. In general, believers … Continue reading
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Tagged character, Christ, evangelism, Evangelists, faith sharing, gift of the spirit, love, ministry
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Where Are the Forks?
I find that I often have the same difficulty Paul experienced when he writes in Romans 7 that the good he wants to do he doesn’t do and the bad that he doesn’t want to do is what he often … Continue reading
For Skeptics and Believers: What draws me to Christianity
At the outset I admit, without being trite, that it’s Jesus who attracts me to the Christian faith. The most attractive quality of Jesus is the way he shows us the character of God that is loving, and forgiving. God, … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, Christ, Christianity, church, ego, faith, God, Gospels, investigation, Jesus, scriptures, skeptic, teacher, weak religion
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Christ at the Center
Bonhoeffer has a book by this title and I tag along to him by saying that everything in this creation has come through Christ. Christ is the victim and the victor and he calls us to be his followers. Those … Continue reading
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How Do Believers Really Know? By Spiritual Insight.
INSIGHT: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing. (Online dictionary) 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (ESV): 2 And I, when I came to you, brothers, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech … Continue reading
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Tagged 1Corinthians, children, Christ, Ephesians 1, humans, insight, Jesus, John Calvin, knowledge, natural, spirit, spiritual, thinking, wisdom
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Classic
I love the word, ‘classic’. It doesn’t just mean ‘old’. it means ‘fine’. It means that something or even someone is of the highest quality, outstanding or valuable. Like classic music, a classic car (my little 66 v.w. beetle convertible). … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christ, classic, Jesus, liberal, old time religion, philosophies, Polycarp, theology, virgin birth, vw
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IN CHRIST ALONE
So within a certain denominational church in these parts a group of ‘experts’ working on a new hymnal have decided NOT TO INCLUDE a particularly beautiful hymn entitled IN CHRIST alone. The reason they give is that line of the … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, Christ, cross, denomination, God's love, hymnal, John Calvin, liberal, love, Romans 5, theology, wrath
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