Bob Deering said something this morning that I had never thought of in this way. In John 14, when Jesus talks about “greater works you will do…” it might just mean that when all of us – the collective body of Christ – is operating in sharing love, speaking life, praying for healing, performing acts…
Author: Joshua
Clean Break
With promises like this to pull us on, dear friends, let’s make a clean break with everything that defiles or distracts us, both within and without. Let’s make our entire lives fit and holy temples for the worship of God. — II Corinthians 7:1 At the end of Chapter 6, there is an exhortation to…
Love
“[We’ve] seen what evil can do. Evil never [gives] itself for anyone. It takes what it doesn’t own. Hold your head under the water. Evil dominates. Controls. Eradicates. Evil is a sniveling punk, and if you let it inside you, then you spew hatred, which is just another name for the poison we drink hoping…
Experience
“The nature of the most transcendent, joyous, meaningful experiences of life is to remain in them. What your mind wants to do is analyze, understand — or, more accurately — stand over the experience. This is why for many people, the word religion is a negative word, and it doesn’t have to be. Their only…