Did you know that repentance is more about being than doing. Most of us, if we repent at all, it will be about cleaning up a short list of our shortcomings, but Biblical Repentance is more about transformation of our foundational character than enumerating our forced and unforced errors. The
Category: Maturity
Here’s an excerpt from my sermon series, “Things Jesus Wouldn’t say;” preached this past Sunday, June 27, 2018. This excerpt is edited and embellished for the blog. This sermon was entitled, “Jesus would never say, “I forgive you, go and sin some more.” “Sin no more, that nothing worse may
“Wars are essentially, and often quite specifically, tribalism. Genocides are tribalism – wipe out the other group to keep our group safe – taken to madness. Racism and other ism’s that lets us feel that our tribe is better than theirs.” Anonymous Having given you that, I want to
1 Samuel 17:28-30 (MSG) 28 Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and lost his temper: “What are you doing here! Why aren’t you minding your own business, tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you’re up to. You’ve come down here to see the
C. A. L. M. = The Campaign Against Living Miserably. In the Sunday sermon I talked about how emotions like sadness, irritation, feeling offended or disrespected, rage and even guilt, are addictive. This is because our brains are hardwired to chemically capture and reproduce highly aroused states. We may see