The poor tell us who we are. The prophets tell us who we can be. So we hide the poor and kill the prophets.
02177 – Treatment of Prophets & the Poor
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02162 – My Story–Yours?
My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, because if I tell it anything like right, the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours.
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...
01608 – Here is My Secret
Now--here is my secret: I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God--that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help...
01518 – Humility: At the Heart of Christian Mission
Missiologist Lamin Sanneh says that humility is at the heart of Christian mission because this faith--unlike "spirituality"--must be received from another. No one is born into this faith. Nobody stumbles upon it after walking in the woods or rummaging around in one's...
01479 – Telling People What to Do
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do...and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
01461 – Needing a Holy Spirit-Birthed Revolution
Let no one tell you we don't need a revolution. The old ways do not work. We need a Holy Spirit-birthed revolution, a revolution of goodness, a revolution of compassion, a revolution of love.
01385 – Friend in Jesus?
Don't tell me I have a friend in Jesus until you show me I have a friend in you.