The human dilemma is this: God is holy, and we are not. God is righteous, and we are not.
01719 – Christian Artist vs. Prayer Meeting
We will pay money to go to church to hear a Christian Artist sing about God, but we won't go to church for free to meet with God in a prayer meeting.
01715 – Evangelical Identity
When evangelicals are being true to their identity, they do whatever it takes to express their love for God and God's love for their neighbors--however unconventional and innovative their methods might be. In this way evangelicals are surprisingly...
01713 – Dropping Pocket Handkerchiefs
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a pocket handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.-----------------------Gender-neutral version: In God's holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a pocket handkerchief. These...
01701 – I’m Still Here & Now I Get It
Look, the world loves us when we are good, better, best, but this is the time when you want to stop feeling guilty that you are not living your best life, now. We’re not always doing mountaintop yoga. I used to have my own delusion of living my own best life...
01698 – Take a Sabbath!
If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you're not doing anything.
01696 – The Task of Christianity
It is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.
01693 – Religion: Enemy of God?
I often wonder if religion is the enemy of God. It's almost like religion is what happens when the Spirit has left the building.
01683 – God Already Loves Us
Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change.
01675 – God Should Have the First & Last Words
We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.