Mission Commenced
Jesus trained special forces and gave them a clear mission. They were to invade, overtake and establish security and peace in land occupied by hostile forces. They were to rescue people from the tyranny and brutality of those enemies.
In short, He would need to train crack troops to be loyal to Him and to think and act just as He . . .
Stark, Naked Word
Forget Your Bracelet?
Jesus makes a plain statement: You will do the works that I do. Or, . . these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; . . they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.
So bold, so unembellished, so stark; these words.
Yet, there they are - naked and unashamed.
. . .
Sunrise, the Metaphor
At sunrise
God scatters darkness
by sending His light.
Beaming glory brightens and refreshes.
Its indiscriminate, all-pervasive radiance
is lavish in the extreme.
Life for everyone is warmed,
brightened and nourished in its rays.
Without it, all things perish.
In it, they flourish.
Morning by . . .
Dear Atheist Friends
Here you are today boldly promoting beliefs about which you are so certain that you declare them freely and publicly without compunction or regard for many to whom this may be an offense. I respect your right and even your courage to do so.
Now, seeing as you assert yourselves in the public square, allow me but a handful of minutes . . .
Taking What Isn't Yours
How far along might you be in this process of denying self? Are you past the temptation of stealing things just because you desire, or even lust after them? To take for ourselves something that is not ours is illegal, right?
Day by day, though, we hear the inner thoughts:
“You’re really pretty selfish, don’t try to deny it.”
. . .
Moses' Dirty Feet
Faith is genuinely experiencing what you have not actually seen. At the end of Moses’ life, God told him, for you shall see the land at a distance but you shall not go there into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel, even though Moses spent 80 of his years leading a difficult people through myriad difficulties:
He led them . . .
