The Rock under Our Feet
When our world changes, and it is not for the better, it is all the more important to know where the rock beneath our feet is found.
Continue ReadingHometown Disadvantage
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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God 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 ReadingConditional Reflex
Whether consciously or not, we are constantly conditioning ourselves, training our brains, our hearts, and our souls to yearn for certain things.
Continue ReadingPresent Self vs. Future Self
So often, when we choose the less difficult path in the immediate, we are simply transmuting one difficulty into another.
Continue ReadingAgents of Shalom
If entropy is everything falling apart, shalom is everything made whole, and Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Shalom).
Continue ReadingPsalm 121
On this Sabbath, take comfort in the knowledge that following the way of Jesus is difficult, but we may always find rest in him.
Continue ReadingAction/Reaction
Choosing the easier way, even when it seems to be righteous, is not always the best way.
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