“Following” Jesus is synonymous with “obeying” Jesus. To follow is to obey, and obeying involves a long series of decisions that I make to glorify God by laying my life, my preferences, and my desires...
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Reflection Questions – Satan File 5: “Where Satan’s Throne Is“ (Isaiah 14.13b, Revelation 2.13)
Sep 17 2023
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Reflection Questions – The Satan File 4: “How You are Fallen from Heaven!” (Isaiah 12.14)
Sep 10 2023
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Reflection Questions: Of Slaves & Sons (John 8.33-36)
Jul 09 2023
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Reflection Questions: ‘The Truth Will Set You Free!’ But From What? (John 8.32b)
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November 2017
November 2017
It sounds like a paradox. It’s one of the most difficult verses in the New Testament to wrap our minds around. It’s disarmingly simple, yet deeper than the deepest ocean. “Whoever wants to save his...
All of us have inadequacies. Many of us have insecurities. Perhaps you feel like you’re unimportant to the Kingdom of God, that there’s little you can do that will matter for God. Perhaps you feel...
So, Jesus tells a story. It’s a story about a “man” who’s going away for a time, but is coming back. He calls His servants and entrusts to them...
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He asked His disciples to pray that the “Lord of the Harvest” would send workers into the field. He’s the woman in the parable who sweeps...
In Matthew 22:36, Jesus was asked which of all the commandments of the Law is the greatest. It’s an interesting question and He answered it on several different occasions. The tradition, which began with a...
November 2017