Discipleship/Spiritual Formation
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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This isn’t one of those, “They didn’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ to me!” complaints. Read more
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We tend to like Christianity in a “paint by numbers” kit. Jesus isn’t good at that. Read more
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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) Read more
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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. Read more
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Too much life online. It has to stop. Now. Read more
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Without Christ we deal with souls… and the soul is dissatisfied. Our souls always crave and are never satisfied. Read more
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We are built, in the Kingdom of God, to lift up… not tear down. Read more
Apprentice 2 Jesus 