Jesus Talked about the Kingdom of God and We Made a Church What if Jesus Never Intended His Followers to Form a Church as we Know it Today? I looked at where the Bible talks about the kingdom of God and where it talks about church. What I learned...
Who Are We to Judge? We May Have It Backwards Though the Bible tells us to judge, who we’re supposed to judge may shock you When Paul writes to his friends in Corinth, he has much to say because they struggle with many things, including judging...
The Bible Gives Us Eight Things to Think About As Followers of Jesus We Must Focus Our Attention Paul encourages the church in Philippi to focus their thoughts (Philippians 4:8). We should do this too. But what should we think about? Fortunately...
They’ll Know We’re Christians By Our Love Followers of Jesus Should Carefully Consider the Message We Send to the World A song from my youth carries the title, which repeats in the chorus, “They’ll know we are Christians by our love.” If you’re...
Should Christians Follow Jesus, Be His Disciple, or Go as a Missionary? We Must Choose Labels with Care for They Reflect Our Identity and Our Theology By definition I am a Christian, but I’ve always shied away from that word. It means different...
Are You a Christian? Discover What Label Best Describes Our Faith Are you a Christian? Be careful before you answer. By definition I am a Christian, though I seldom use the Christian label. Why? In my book How Big is Your Tent?, I write...
Let’s Reclaim the True Meaning of the Words Follower and Friend Social Media Has Trivialized What It Means to Follow Someone and Be Their Friend Today when we think of the word followers, our mind quickly takes us to Twitter. As in, “How many...
What Does Christian Mean? I don’t like the label “Christian,” even though I am one. The Christian label is a loaded term. It means many things to different people. To some, Christian implies narrow-minded. To others, Christian means hateful...
We Should Live Our Lives to Influence Others Like yeast in a lump of dough, a little bit makes a big difference In the thirteenth chapter of the book of Matthew, we read many parables of Jesus. This includes the parable of the sower, the parable...
Grumbling About Church Shows That We Care People complain about things that matter to them; silence reveals apathy When a customer complains about a business, the astute businessperson knows to embrace it as an opportunity. The fact that the...
