Notes, Quotes and Thoughts from “And He Shouted All the More” — the May 21, 2018 podcast by Rob Bell. Not long I was talking to a friend of mine about desires. Specifically, what is the desire of your heart for life, for ministry, for work? What is inside you that really gets you passionate,…
Author: Joshua
Since 2001, Joshua has been writing his musings on life, liberty and the pursuit of godliness on this little blog. It's full of all kinds of fun little adventures and wisdom nuggets but mostly just the journey of a man through life.
Greater Works
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…
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…