Mark 9:25-27 Abracadabra! Presto change! Reset! Ctrl/Alt/Del! Have you ever noticed that when people tell you they have a quick way to solve your problem, it often isn’t that quick or that easy! The reality is that most things in life are not quick and easy. Let me give you an example. DeclaringContinue reading “Formulaic Religiosity”
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Difficult Choices
Mark 5:9-10 Have you ever felt like you were being pulled in two or more directions? Your kids want you to do one thing, your spouse another, and you just want to sit with your feet up and rest for a few minutes. Your boss wants one thing, your conscience is pulling you anotherContinue reading “Difficult Choices”
Walking Contradiction
Mark 5:6-8 You’ve just concluded a long night of struggling with the sick children. Changing sheets, PJs, washing bathroom floor, carpet, yourself, and being generous with the hugs and wet cloths to the forehead. And then the doorbell rings. At 8:00 on a Saturday morning the ambitious and pushing college age young man isContinue reading “Walking Contradiction”
Shriek
Mark 1:23-24 We talked about authority having two components, the right to speak on a subject and the ability to back up what is said with actions. Jesus is in a synagogue in Capernaum teaching those gathered for their worship service. Teaching was a normal part of that service, much like a church serviceContinue reading “Shriek”
Day 151
True Messiah called demonic Matthew 12 Key Verses: 2, 4, 7, 8, 12, 16, 25, 30, 33, 39, 50 “Made in China” has taken on a meaning of its own in recent years. So has “Made in the USA”! But sometimes we can focus so much on one thing that we miss the most important.Continue reading “Day 151”