Please read the whole post slowly. Withness in the ministry of proclamation: Jesus and Paul invited those they wanted to be with them in evangelistic ministry. Purposeful for the ministry of proclamation: “Time with” was going somewhere. Jesus was going to send the twelve and the seventy-two. Paul was going to send Timothy, and Titus, … More Why Did Jesus Disciple the Way He Did?
Thursday is for Defending Marriage in the Way We Should Have All Along A couple of days ago Scott Wesley Brown posted a link to Noel “Paul” Stookey’s classic Wedding Song (There is Love). The link that Scott put up was a bit scratchy so I went searching for a better recording and found “a … More When a Mistake Reveals Truth and Beauty
Tuesday is for Thinking You have loved ones near the door of death. You want to comfort them. You want to tell them the truth. The truth might hurt. You have members of your family who are living in open sin or pursuing sinful plans. You want the best for them. You delight in every … More Living in the Moment or Living for Eternity
Thursday Meditation in Passion Week There is a kind of ‘forgiveness” whose only beneficiary is the forgiver. Perhaps you have been on the receiving end of such forgiveness. You confessed your wrong, acknowledged your guilt, took responsibility for your wickedness, asked for the healing balm of forgiveness and you were granted it. At least, those … More Forgiveness: The Word We Most Need to Hear
Thursday is for Thinking “[In] one of Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries, … the key to solving a case was the fact that when a man was murdered a certain dog didn’t bark! Some called it the presence of an absence!” quote from the I.D.E. Thomas book: William Shakespeare and His Bible It is an arresting phrase–“the presence … More 12 “Absences” that Prove the Descent of the American Church
When you find good information, a powerful video, or a great message repost it to your social networks. We need to learn how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Google, Delicious, BLOGs, Pinterist, Pocket, StumbledUpon, etc. in ways that do more than pass on cute cat and dog videos. You could start by passing this … More “… for you are a man of war.”
First Post of 2015 The Good: I’m still alive. The Bad: There is less sand in the hourglass of life. The Good: I’m still married to Stephnie The Bad: She’s still stuck with me. The Good: I started the year with a workout on the treadmill … More 10 Thoughts on the Good and the Bad at the Start of 2015
Wednesday is for Thinking Our Nation (and a lot of Christians) Play Pretend I was reminded of this recently by commencing to re-read a dusty book from my shelf. The book was Where is History Going: A Christian Response to Secular Philosophies of History (Bethany, 1969) by John Warwick Montgomery. Actually, it would be truer … More Our Nation (and a lot of Christians) Like to Play Pretend
Thursday is for Thinking . . . he had prayed the entire rosary straight through! What should I say? He is powerfully motivated to pray. He spent considerable time in praying. He feels a sense of growth and progress in his spiritual development. Should I take him aside and tell him that Mary is the … More Cookie-Cutter Discipleship is a Waste of Time
Thursday is for Thinking Ran across this interesting quote from a Jewish scholar who taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. David Flusser (1917-2000) was the professor of Early Christianity and Judaism in the Second Temple period. He was commenting in an editorial in the Jerusalem Post: “I do not know who is the God … More Know Your Friends, Pray for Your Enemies
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