If Jesus could have claimed for his hometown a more populated or respected city, such as Jerusalem, he might have had an easier time building a following.
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Continue ReadingGod did not choose the clean and easy way of establishing Jesus’s lineage because there wasn’t one. But he used the people who made themselves available to him.
Continue ReadingWhether consciously or not, we are constantly conditioning ourselves, training our brains, our hearts, and our souls to yearn for certain things.
Continue ReadingSo often, when we choose the less difficult path in the immediate, we are simply transmuting one difficulty into another.
Continue ReadingIf entropy is everything falling apart, shalom is everything made whole, and Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Shalom).
Continue ReadingOn this Sabbath, take comfort in the knowledge that following the way of Jesus is difficult, but we may always find rest in him.
Continue ReadingChoosing the easier way, even when it seems to be righteous, is not always the best way.
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