He was someone’s son, someone’s nephew, someone’s cousin, perhaps someone’s husband, and maybe someone’s father. And everything they knew to do for him had been done—even though it must have been incredibly painful to put your someone you love in chains and have him under constant guard. Still, his condition left them no choice. Others had toContinue reading “Lord Of The Tombs”
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Learning To Listen To God (2)
Our distraction bubble is the sum total of things that are competing for our attention. It is sights, sounds and screens to be sure, but it is more than environmental noise. It consists of our inner voice—you know, the one that is constantly telling you what you what you should or shouldn’t be doing rightContinue reading “Learning To Listen To God (2)”
Learning To Listen To God (1)
We’ve all had the experience of thinking we heard someone say something only to find out what they actually said was quite different from what we understood. For those of us with hearing impairment this is a regular occurrence. Even with our hearing aids in, we can struggle at times to clearly understand people withContinue reading “Learning To Listen To God (1)”
Insider Entitlement
According to the site Statistic Brain, 50 billion dollars is lost annually in the U.S. due to employees stealing from their employer. That accounts for 43% of “shrinkage” or retail loss (shoplifting was 37%). According to Fortune, that’s a higher percentage than anywhere else in the world. Why do people steal from their employers? I would guessContinue reading “Insider Entitlement”
How Is Your Hearing?
Mark 4:2 tells us that Jesus “taught them many things by parables.” We’ve all heard a parable defined as an earthly story with a heavenly meaning, or the more literal “to throw/cast alongside” which is suggestive of thinking of parables as analogies. Maybe it’s most helpful to keep in mind that parables are word pictures.Continue reading “How Is Your Hearing?”
Face To Face With The Good News
Mark writes like man in a hurry. There’s no lingering or loitering with him. His gospel begins by telling us of a rugged, fiery prophet named John who is living (at least temporarily) and preaching in the wilderness. Crowds come pouring out of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas to hear him. They respond overwhelmingly toContinue reading “Face To Face With The Good News”
Breaking Open Our Jar
Full disclosure: “Here Comes the Sun” is one of my favorite songs. I like the music, I like the words, and I love the message of hope that it gives. It’s had a special place in our family over the years as we’ve shared it with each other on a few occasions. Recently, I cameContinue reading “Breaking Open Our Jar”
All You Need Is Love
It was a different place and a different time. It was 1967 and what would become known as the summer of love. There was an ambitious idea from Aubrey Singer and the BBC for a global television event called Our World—a live broadcast featuring segments from all over the world. The Beatles were asked to comeContinue reading “All You Need Is Love”
Mark
Mark And Chronology Jesus From Mark (1) Jesus From Mark (2) Face To Face With The Good News (1) Kingdom Authority (1) Not Even Close! (1) Learning To Listen To God (1) (1:35) Learning to Listen To God (2) (1:35) The Glories Of God’s Kingdom (2:1-3:6) The Joy That Jesus Brings (2:18-27) He Cares! (3:7-12)Continue reading “Mark”
Speaking The Truth In A White Lie World
“You have my word on it.” Does that mean anything today? Hopefully, it does. We’d like to think it means that you meant what you said, you can be trusted, others can count on you. The sad truth though is that we live in a world where the truth isn’t always the truth. We live in aContinue reading “Speaking The Truth In A White Lie World”
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