Tag Archives: Cross
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Every person must answer this question.
And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
The world is more than happy to tell us that Jesus was…..
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death…..
James Carville famously stated that the election between George Bush and Bill Clinton came down to a pretty simple concept: It’s the economy, stupid. Bush’s failure to focus on the financial woes of the country cost him the election. Sadly, we Christians often fall into the same campaign trap. We waste so much time putting together our religious platform that we forget that our Candidate…..
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
(John 1:10-11)
Jesus, the perfect Image of God, came into the world. He was born to image-bearers,…..
God is classically understood as a self sufficient Being who needs nothing from us humans; but let me ask you a question, If God is love, and Jesus said that there is no greater love than the laying down of ones life for another, doesn’t that mean that God needed to die on our behalf in order to experience the greatest form of love? I’m…..
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face who will prepare your way,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’” (Mark 1: 3)
John the Baptist came to straighten crooked paths for the Messiah. He knew that the world had…..
Christians are frequently berated for their allegiance to an angry fictional God. Surprisingly, these critics have to dabble in the dark supernatural arts in order to conjure Him up long enough for a good tongue-lashing. They wear their bitterness towards God like a postmodern merit badge, but then hypocritically turn around and accuse Him of being inappropriately angry. Ironically, the very anger that has become…..
