I wrote the following very early in the nighttime morning of Saturday, August 27, 2005. It went live at 4:14 AM, about the time this post should go live, five years later. It was a lesson I needed to learn, a life-altering moment. Looking back on the events nobody saw coming, I see much of...
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing – so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character. [E. Stanley Jones, Source Currently...
I’ve been aware of these sites for a while now, but I know some of you aren’t quite as nerdy as I am. Seriously, I get it. You have real lives, so you’re not exploring the Internet like I am. If there are three sites I would strongly suggest you get to know- ones that...
“I used love like money, but love doesn’t work like money. It is not a commodity. When we barter with it, we all lose. When the church does not love its enemies, it fuels their rage. It makes them hate us more.” [Don Miller, Blue Like Jazz] When we are passive-aggressive, we tend to make...
[Adapted from a previous post.] Could it be that some pastors, particularly among the denominations with more congregational autonomy, are upset when other churches start up in “their” territory because they view that congregation as their life-support? That the tithes given to the church are not only their primary source of income, but also their...