Image via Author, Bighorn Range, Wyoming Our God intends to have conversational communion with us in which He will reveal important things to us. In this conversational communion we can speak to our God about lives and daily living in simple, easy language, and Jesus will also speak to us. It is truly a two-way …
If you asked the average Christian what the features of a disciple of Christ are, you would most likely hear answers like these (hat tip to Gene Edwards for this list): Go to church.Read and study the BiblePray Hang out with other ChristiansDepending on what stripe, tell others about Jesus, work for peace and justice, speak …
In the last content post I wrote about how the Apostle Paul had made knowing His God deeply and intimately his "magnificent obsession. And so it should be for each one of us. How can we join in the pursuit of this magnificent obsession of knowing our God intimately? Hosea the prophet talks of this …
There is an old saying; “It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters.” And nowhere in the affairs of the human race is this more true than for those who seek to be true disciples of Jesus Christ. Our God has made this clear repeatedly in the scriptures. In the previous two …
From Francois Fenelon: "Dwell in peace. Your feelings of devotion to God and your enthusiasm to serve Him do not depend on your own ability. The only thing you can control at all is your will. Give God your will without reservation. The important question is not, "Do I enjoy being a Christian?" but rather, …
The idea of joy has engaged philosophers, spiritual leaders, writers, and the common folk in the world in a seemingly endless conversation. It seems everyone is in search of joy in this life. Ironically, it seems few people really know what joy really is. To help in understanding what joy is, we can start by …
“Letters to the Church” Francis Chan, David C. Cook, 2018, 215 pages Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read “Letters to the Church?” Francis Chan has in a very public fashion been going through a metamorphosis in his view of true faith in Christ and true New …
One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp, Zondervan 2010, 239 pages, hardcover. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read this book? I am a believer in the idea that there is little in our lives that is random. Our God is at work in the most minute of details. …
"The Prayer of Jabez" by Bruce Wilkinson Multnomah Press, 93 pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else I first encountered Bruce Wilkinson as a speaker at the annual fall "Torrey Memorial Bible Conference" held at Biola University. Wilkinson was a speaker at that conference and the truth our …
My dog, Jackson, and I have lived together for five years now. Along this path I have discovered linkages between how my dog responds to me and how I want to respond to my God. Of course, the analogies are incomplete and not everything that Jackson does is noteworthy as a spiritual lesson. Like jumping …
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