“Consider the possibility that Jesus Christ is in an unparalleled position to offer spiritual help for all people, regardless of their religious background. Think of it. A rabbi to the Jews, a prophet to the Muslims, an avatar to the Hindus, an enlightened one to Buddhists, the Son of God to Christians, a wise teacher to…
Category: general discussions
Jesus-focused bible reading
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. [Luke 24:27] For the last 5 years I have been going through the bible one chapter each day, and I have posted my SOAP reflections to help others in their own reading. For each of those…
why me?
SCRIPTURE: Ruth 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, “Why have I found such favour in your eyes that you notice me–a foreigner?” [Ruth 2:10] The book of Ruth is a teaching story, and God uses the main character to show His people the kind of humility, love and…
we’re all tied together
The following lines from South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli’s Zulu poem reminds me of Paul’s words about our belonging together to one body: “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” [1 Corinthians 12:26] An injury to the head, Is an injury to the whole person,…
a Jesus ‘dojo’
“In Japanese the word dojo means ”place of the way” and is used to describe a school or practice space for martial arts or meditation. Theoretically, a dojo could be created for any skill or discipline. You could have a knitting dojo, a cooking dojo, a karate dojo — or a Jesus dojo. The important…
a prayer for disturbance
Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters…
Jesus-centered bible reading
When Jesus walked the earth, God spoke from heaven several times, urging people to “listen to Him!” Although Jesus is no longer on earth, we can still hear Him speak through the four Gospels (biographies of Jesus). We can still choose (or refuse) to listen to Him. As Jesus-followers, we choose to believe that Jesus…
seeing the world missionally
”Missional leaders see the world through the eyes of Jesus and see Jesus in the world.” (Earl Creps, Off-Road Disciplines, xiv) So how do I see my part of the world, where I live, work, socialize? Or better, who do I see? What does Jesus see when He looks at the people within my present…
reading the bible with Jesus
Jesus is in town, and I have a chance with a few others to spend some time with Him. We’re sitting by the lake, in a comfortable shaded spot, and we pull out our bibles. The reading for the day is Joshua 15… uggh, a boring list of land allotments. I would rather deal with Psalm 23,…
in/with/like/for
A disciple is someone who is determined to live in/with/like/for Jesus. IN JESUS The phrase “in Christ” is repeated often by Paul to describe our new identity and status before God. Jesus is God’s perfect Son, and by entrusting ourselves to Him, everything that is true about Him becomes true about us. His death becomes…