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The hard road of the cross is still beautiful
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” (Mark 8:34) I can remember a professor New Testament in seminary saying these beautiful words: “When Jesus calls us to take up our cross, we don’t need to go looking…
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The hard questions
Jesus isn’t afraid of the hard questions. We like to think we’re not afraid of the hard questions… but we don’t ask hard questions. Not like Jesus. The rich young ruler comes to Jesus in Luke 18 and asks what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus’ probing is what kept him from full commitment.
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The Hazardous Work of Being Christian
This isn’t one of those, “They didn’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ to me!” complaints.
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The slow process of maturity — the lack of a “road map”
We tend to like Christianity in a “paint by numbers” kit. Jesus isn’t good at that.
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The intense life of love
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8, NIV)
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Finding our way home
We are in a time and culture of division. We splinter into tiny factions to find support for our echo chambers. And then we think that’s how the world really works.
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Change. Immediate. Now.
Too much life online. It has to stop. Now.
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Soul satisfaction
Without Christ we deal with souls… and the soul is dissatisfied. Our souls always crave and are never satisfied.
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The soul is meant for blessing
We are built, in the Kingdom of God, to lift up… not tear down.
Category: Discipleship/Spiritual Formation
