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  • Distracted and Deluded

    The Parable of the Sower: Choked by Thorns This post has been especially difficult to write because my own heart is so often distracted and deluded. I grew up in the evangelical church, and despite what my pastors and teachers said, it was clear to me that what mostly distinguished us from the rest of…

  • The Kingdom of God

    When Jesus traveled throughout Judea, wherever he went he talked about the kingdom of God. In fact, it was his main message, and the message he committed to his followers—the good news about the kingdom of God. Nowadays if you were to ask 100 people what the main message of the church is, I doubt…

  • The Hero Of Your Story

    Every life is a story, and we take for granted that each of us is the hero of our own story. But what does that mean? And what might it mean for someone else to be the hero of our story? We all know who the hero (or heroine) is. That’s the person who gets…

  • Putting Things Right

    The central assumption of Christianity is that something is wrong with the world, and it needs to be put right. For Christians, the “something wrong” is human sin, a violation of the right order God created at the beginning. Putting things right we call “reconciliation,” and according to Paul it is a ministry belonging to…

  • Why God Gives Us Power

    The first chapter of Colossians includes Paul’s prayer for his readers. In it he prays that God will grant them wisdom and knowledge and enable them to bear good fruit and do good works. Then he adds, “being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that….” I stopped there. What was it…

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