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I am not a victim. There are plenty of things in this world I can control. Whether I want to admit it or not, I can make all kinds of
I am not a victim. There are plenty of things in this world I can control. Whether I want to admit it or not, I can make all kinds of
Jesus lived in a corrupt and perverse generation, and what he taught was subversive. Revolutionary. The people of Rome had been taught Caesar was something like a savior. This had
I learned this from Wayne Cordeiro: 80% of the stuff we do every day, anybody could do. Just about anyone could answer our phone calls, read our emails, hang out
Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is our head, into Christ. – Ephesians 4:15 Becky Stephen, Senior Director of Field
“This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really
I’m thinking about a first-century gathering. Jesus is at somebody’s house and he is laughing. It is a deep belly laugh. Someone has just said something (maybe about the irony
I have stated in other posts (here and here) that it has taken me a while to understand exactly how to posture myself within the current United Methodist Church. While at
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. — Thomas Merton Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let
I spent seven days in Costa Rica with about 95 missionaries and assorted others who support them through The Mission Society. I had the great pleasure of teaching daily on
This week, I felt my heart strangely warmed. On Tuesday evening, I went (somewhat) unwillingly to Charge Conference. I confess to having lost patience with some of these denominational forms.
What we need is a death worthy of repentance. We believe in a God of Second Chances. Forgiveness is the centerpiece of our gospel; repentance is our response. For real repentance