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The Trap Of Loving Yourself Too Much
Too many Christian teachers today have adopted that secular counselor’s message of heightened self-love. They see the commandment, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and claim that it contains the hidden commandment: “Love yourselves more.” I understand why the world…
Stop Falling In Love With Jesus
Many pastors and teachers are doubling-down on the relational language – encouraging their flocks to “fall in love with Jesus” or “have a love affair with Jesus.” Here are three more reasons to avoid romantic imagery: It’s unbiblical, it’s unhelpful…
Overnighters: A Modern Day Parable Of Loving The Unlovable
What do we do with the people who are seemingly beyond repair? Where is the church in the ministry to the most broken in our world, the ones who will never have the traditional redemption story, who will never…
Sometimes God Speaks Through Whimsical Circumstances
Bob Goff speaks of “rediscovering whimsy.” It’s the idea that when we show up and start doing things to spread love and combat evil, we will discover the work and word of God because He shows up to work…
You Don’t Need To Be Useful To Be Valuable
I would much—MUCH!—rather wash the feet of Jesus than have him wash my feet. I would have done something valuable. I would know I’m of use. Instead he washed my feet. We want God to consider us as useful;…
Seeing What God Wants To Show Us In The Wilderness
Jeff Bethke shares his story of contending with depression and the realization that sometimes God takes us out into the wilderness to meet us in a special way and show us the glory of what he’s…
Sons Of God: A Documentary About The Love Of God
This video is a short trailer for a new documentary about God’s work of reconciliation in Christ. The documentary is called Sons of God. It features many noteworthy contributors who share stories of how God has healed people and…
Love Your Enemy: Is That Even Possible?
Using the word “love” for an enemy makes the word “enemy” obsolete. You can’t love an “enemy”! Maybe that’s Jesus’ point: the more we love our enemies, the less enemies the world will have. There will no longer be…
How To Avoid Being A Clanging Cymbal
The question is actually not if you are a fake, but rather, how often? Unless you love perfectly, you are at least sometimes a fraud, a playfake, a wanna-be; you get the picture. I mean, it doesn’t get any…
A Visual Parable Of The Gospel
This 4 minute video offers a visual parable of the Gospel. Share it with a friend who needs to hear about God’s…
A Story About Loving Ones Neighbor
Our first shock when we moved into our low-income apartment in a Midwestern inner city was the amount of substance abuse that surrounded us. Suddenly, alcohol is no longer fun. Instead it is a substance that changes my friends…
5 Signs You May Have The Wrong View Of God
If the truth sets us free, then it’s safe to say that a lie holds us back. What we believe about the nature of God is of infinite importance. We are either growing in freedom or we are becoming…
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