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Security   “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7 Jesus directed the would-be judge and jury of the adulteress to take a long, hard stare in the mirror, and in doing so He made her feel…

What is Obedience? “Greater love has no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 It makes all the sense in the world that Jesus would not call us to faith and make obedience a burden.  In fact, He chastised the toxic legalisms of…

Surrendering to the Process   And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Surrendering to the process is not a masculine gift.  In fact, the Bible is littered with stories of leaders…

Chemical Warfare   How precious to me are your thoughts God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand — when awake; I am still with you.  Psalm 139:17-18 If you have allergies you soon realize that invisible airborne…

Inclusion Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 (MESSAGE BIBLE) There was a time when you and I were not first family. God let…

Loss   Search me God; and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139: 23-24 We are far more educated in what we need to be thinking and doing than…

The Recipe   “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.  Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (Matthew 26:39) Jesus let His Father decide what the dream for His life on earth would be.   The minute I start letting feelings, culture, or…

Prayer   I urge you, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving be made known to God. I Timothy 2:1 Prayer is one of the most difficult disciplines to develop as God’s man. Satan pulls out all the stops, engineers interruptions, rationalizations, and other diversions — anything to…

He Loved the Ragmuffins Lepers, prostitutes, Samaritans, tax collectors, gluttons, children, women, the diseased, crippled, mentally unstable, and all garden-variety sinners were at home with Jesus because of the Spirit of the Lord that was upon Him.  In fact, the knock on Jesus was that His standards were very low…

Prime Cut Christianity “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.  He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” John 14:21 It doesn’t matter if you’re a pastor of a thirty-thousand-member…