Extremes create certain tensions. Looking for a way between two poles takes work. It is often easier to choose one or the other and live into that extreme. Choosing a third way comes with its own set of tensions. Since I first set up this blog with the title, … Continue reading
Read MoreDino tagged me inviting me to play along by noting five things I dig about Jesus.
He declares the reality of the upside-down Kingdom.
His life, death and resurrection defeated my chief enemies – sin and death.
He shows a way of life where we learn what it is … Continue reading
Read MoreWord pictures often provide a speaker with the tools to embed an image in the mind of a hearer. We often use this tool of communication to help the hearer understand a point we believe may well be missed. We may augment these pictures with common phrases intended to … Continue reading
Read MoreDesperate attempts to illicit attention only serve to prop up the idol of self. Our need for approval quickly becomes the insatiable king to which we bow. J.D. Greear gave many a vicarious means to exorcise the demons that keep our praying no deeper than, “God, would you do … Continue reading
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For Immediate Release
June 27, 2007
ST. JOSEPH, MO รข?? On Monday, July 2, 2007, the online conversation
Read Moreconcerning the future of the Southern Baptist Convention will move forward
as a group of prominent bloggers merge their efforts to provide a forum
for ministry ideas, missionary support, church revitalization, and
denominational reform. … Continue reading