A number of people have joined me this year in reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011, I am dropping a blog post in here every week to give you all a chance to share how God is speaking to you through the readings, or some of the challenges or questions you …
How is God Speaking to You (week 5)
A number of people have joined me this year in reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011, I am dropping a blog post in here every week to give you all a chance to share how God is speaking to you through the readings, or some of the challenges or questions you …
When You Are Sinned Against: Thoughts from Luke 17
It is one thing to talk about forgiveness of sin and another thing to talk about how we respond when others sin against us. Earlier this week, I wrote about the necessity of complete forgiveness from Jesus' words in Luke 17: If a brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, …
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How is God Speaking to You? (week 4)
As a number of us continue reading through the Bible in a year together in 2011, I am dropping a blog post in here every week to give you all a chance to share how God is speaking to you through the readings, or some of the challenges or questions you are encountering as you …
Reading Parables Without Missing the Point
I want to offer a word of caution as we read parables. We need to think about how we are approaching these stories so that we’re not expecting them to be something they’re not. Let me use a parable of sorts to explain what I mean. Suppose that Kelly and I were going to watch …
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