DiscipleMaking from a relational Trinitarian Perspective
I know of no greater, more essential thought than God’s initiating love to me! So, exercise passion to persist. I’m aware that I’m still on a steep growing curve. I need passion to persist to fulfill my longing for all God has for me, and to pass it on to others. I hear this longing … Read more
Making disciples! How can ever be kept simple? Have you tried it? At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus clarified that the way in is also the way on. The way we come to Jesus for salvation (new life) is how we grow in sanctification (growing more like Jesus on our journey). Notice the two … Read more
How do we respond during difficult times? Jesus, the most brilliant and practical teacher I know, gave us superb insight on how he asks us to relate to others to help them in difficult times (Matthew 7:1-12). In this passage, Jesus deals with the fourth spiritual virus that infects our faith-communities. If we approach life … Read more
In these days when it seems so normal to feel fear and anxiety, let’s not beat ourselves up if we have such feelings. Even when they drive us toward darkness. First, we must own our feelings, authentically acknowledge them. If we don’t, they will not guide us in the midst of this “whatever has happened” … Read more
Wow, what a treasure chest the Old Testament (OT) is, yet Jesus radically changed all things. In the OT, discover so many first things. The beginnings of God’s big-story. How God designed us. Whose we are. God’s original…and unchanging…intent for His people. God’s archenemy who brought evil and pain and death into this world by … Read more
Would you like to know what God truly thinks about you? Begin with God’s original, and unchanged, intended end for humanity. This is the only perspective large enough for us to see with a measure of accuracy through the eyes of the only One who was there. And where can we go to begin to … Read more