Epiphany
The One About Gandalf and Sam
Though no one wants to endure suffering, we will all face it; it is ours to decide what our response will be. Respond first with prayer.
Epiphany
True Power is Self-Sacrificing, Abundant Love
The power of Jesus, of the Kingdom of God, comes not through a sword or a gun or a gavel or a position of power but through the cross.
Epiphany
At Church, All Things are Possible
I argue that the best way to give up your “one thing” and to follow Jesus is to be a connected and committed part of your local church.
Epiphany
Angels? Demons? Miracles? Be Like Jesus.
What I do know is that being a Christian involves practicing the Way, being like this Jesus whom we see in the Gospels and in the Church.
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Are Any Suffering? Be the Church.
If you are suffering? Turn to God. If you are cheerful? Turn to God. If you are sick? Turn to each other, and then together, turn to God.
Epiphany
Placing our Focus on the Divine
We must place our focus, our efforts, and all our attention on the divine, lest we forfeit the truly good life that God has for us here.
Epiphany
Where Does Faith Require You to Act?
I hope that you take time to sit with James’ call to make sure that your faith is not just words or thoughts or beliefs but actions too.
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Rooting our Actions in the Word
Our works must come flowing out of a heart that is not far from God, that is deeply rooted in the implanted word of Jesus living within us.
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How Could We Go Anywhere Else?
With the words of eternal, powerful, meaningful life on offer, on display in the lives of those around us, how could we go anywhere else?
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Wisdom for a Not-Yet-Broken World
When we look for wisdom as Solomon did and as Paul asks us to do, we *already* have access to it: God’s own life made flesh in Jesus.
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The Available, Sustaining Bread of Life
The bread of life that will sustain the disciples and fundamentally change their lives is available to them now, just as it is to us today.
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To What Are We Winning Them?
The people were excited and amazed, I believe, by Jesus’s abundant, unexplainable, miraculous generosity in the face of apparent scarcity.