Occupation: Author Birth: 1949
We, Jesus' followers, are the agents assigned to carry out God's will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something for us when instead God want….
Jesus never tried to hide his loneliness and dependence on other people. He chose his disciples not as servants but as friends. He shared moments of ….
The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world..
Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers….
We are all trophies of God's grace, some more dramatically than others; Jesus came for the sick and not the well, for the sinner and not the righteou….
[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a ….
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it ….
Perhaps the most powerful thing Christians can do to communicate to a skeptical world is to live fulfilled lives, exhibiting proof that Jesus' way tr….
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he pr….
Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model for living and a 'cultural Christian' who happens….
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilte….
The bible never belittles disappointment, but it does add one key word: temporary - What we feel now, we will not always feel. Our disappointment is ….
And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth..
The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply….
The Old Testament anticipates [Jesus] all the way through..
If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap..
The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven a….
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to the Buddhist, a great prophet to th….
What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity..
Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of his day..
When he lived on earth, [Jesus] surrounded himself with ordinary people who misunderstood him, failed to exercise much spiritual power, and sometimes….