That’s right, Jesus Saves Changes! The whole world is looking for change, which is the very definition of salvation. That’s what the word “saved” meant in its time and context. Deliverance. Movement from where I am to where I want to be. To be saved means to be changed. And the bible proclaims that real
Top Ten Truths(?) About Just The Word: #10. Life changing. Do you know how hard it is to really transform a life? Especially in the brief amount of time most people want/need it to happen? The cold, honest, sobering fact is that real life change demands a ton of work by the life owner, the
There is a difference between a discipline and a practice. A discipline is a pathway leading to a goal. A practice are the exercise done along that pathway to the goal. In high school I took up the discipline of basketball with the goal being to earn a scholarship to college. The practices I incorporated
Reza Aslan has been raising up quite a sandstorm of controversy in faith communities with his most recent publication, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Aslan is an Iranian born, former cultural Muslim turned born-again Christian who has since surrendered his faith in Jesus the Christ for a now equally passionate devotion
Who’s telling your story? And, perhaps even more important, who’s writing it? When I was going through my time of conflict at the traditional churches I pastored it was the people putting out stories about me that got the ‘votes’ on their side. They were better equipped to wage a STORY WAR than I was.
Here’s a revelation on abundance that I’ve recently begun to walk in: it’s got to be in you before you can be in it. Yep. In other words, we can’t live in abundance until abundance lives in us. So this begs the question: how do we get abundance IN us? And here’s where I offer
Is it even possible to have a relationship with God without going to church? You bet! Been there, doing that! There are literally multitudes of millennials (and even a few wacky boomers like myself) who claim to believe in and want a relationship with God but hate church because they don’t trust organized religion. After
We can’t ‘reach people with the word’ or ‘build a life-transforming bible study or faith community’ by targeting people who are consciously seeking God and His word. Why not? Because divine encounter always, ALWAYS happens when we’re not looking for it. Not ONE of the people Jesus called as disciples were looking for him and
It’s probably much more than you think. According to studies the average human makes 612 decisions each day. Not coincidentally, there are 613 commandments in the Hebrew Bible. The clear implication here may raise an eyebrow or provoke a yawn for people with no faith background, but for believers it reinforces the very foundation of
The Best. It sounds good, and we’ve all been taught to chase it, but is it really a practical spiritual pursuit. (I know those two words aren’t juxtaposed a lot, but for me it sums up the goal and meaning of life.) When you think about it the best doesn’t exist in the spiritual dimension
