Keeping An Open Door
For this, Jesus laid down his life. The temple curtain was torn. A door was opened that no one can shut. The city gates are never closed.
Rick Shafer
Brackish
Can blessing and cursing come from the same mouth? Maybe the unexpected answer is yes if the spring is contaminated. And salty water is deadly to drink.
Sneeze
When the explosive message that Jesus is Lord reaches the right host, Kingdom life can take hold and maybe spread virally.
Qualitatively Speaking
In our culture, we prioritize quantitative over qualitative. We like things to be measurable, definitive, and binary. And this is what we have done to eternal life.
AI
AI is the buzz right now. Like most technologies, it will be used for good and for harm. But will it replace humans?
Too Simple
I learned in college chemistry that ingredients A and B do not yield C, like I was taught in High School. They yield A+B+C, plus some other things probably.
Friendly
For at least 1700 years, societies have been friendly to Christianity, but unfriendly to Christ. There's a red line that shall not be crossed. There's a declaration that cannot be allowed.
Rescue
I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.
Reasons
People say they have reasons not to follow Jesus: bad churches, hypocrisy, science, etc. Reason implies logic, and logic is the wrong starting point for Big Questions.
Fulfillment
Jesus came to fulfill the law (Matt. 5:17). How? By commanding the royal law (James 2:8). Jesus is the fulfillment of the law (God is love). And the ways of Jesus fulfill the law.