Check out he following video clip from YouTube based on the song “Asleep In The Light” by Keith Green. It is a very convicting song, and some of the images are very appropriate. Printed below the video are the lyrics for further reflection. How can you be so dead when you’ve been so well fed…
more people following Jesus
I’ve been checking out the web, and discovering that more people are looking into the idea of “following Jesus”, or being a “Jesusfollower”. Here is a sampling: followingJesus.org allaboutfollowingJesus.org followingjesuschrist.co.uk following-jesus.com jesusfollower.typepad.com christfollower.net truechristfollower.com (and I thought my title was pretentious) christfollowers.blogspot.com I’d better stop. I make no claim that any of these are any…
why do I need SOAP?
For me, life without SOAP stinks, in more ways than one. Beyond the customary shower every morning, I always need to be washed in the Voice of the Lord. The Bible is a place where I meet with God, and I hear His Voice. Not ‘hear’ in the audible sense, but receiving a message from…
this is a test!
OK, this is not that big of a test… but it is a test. We may not get the house we were hoping to get, afterall. There’s a second offer going in with ours, through the listing agent. In the few days since we decided to go for this house, we’ve become somewhat attached to…
pretentious?
I found this quote at another site called “jesusfollower”, and it left me wondering, am I being pretentious? Sometimes I’ve wondered if the name of this blog could be taken as being pretentious. I certainly don’t feel worthy of the title “Jesus Follower”… and I recognize that there are many who have breathed, are breathing,…
May 17 — Proverbs 8:1-11
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 8:1-11 “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud…” OBSERVATION: Wisdom is more than knowledge, it is common sense for living. A wise person…
suggested summer reading
Imagine having the perfect mentor, someone who knew you inside out and was able to direct you exactly in the way you needed to go. In his book, The Divine Mentor, Wayne Cordeiro writes to remind us that we do. Reading this book I was struck by the simplicity of what he says, and yet…
inspiring new faith
I met recently with “Jessica” (not her real name), a new and growing Jesus-follower who has so much to learn, and so much stuff from her past to overcome. But boy, is her ‘infant’ faith inspiring. I wish I saw this kind of drive and determination in long-time ‘christians’… Alright, I wish I had this…
May 16 — Luke 9:57-62
SCRIPTURE: Luke 9:57-62 “Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.” OBSERVATION: Jesus was more concerned about fulfilling His mission than about finding a comfortable place to stay. Not even family obligations could get in the way of fulfilling His mission. Those who allow ‘things’ to distract them are not really ready…
why Jesus follower?
For some time now I have sensed that the word ‘christian’ has lost its original punch. Many people seem to use the label ‘christian’, without having a sense of what it means to follow Jesus. Many others seem to react negatively to anything associated with the word ‘christian’, but not for reasons related to what…