It’s dark, in the bible, when Christmas is spoken.Always a bolt from the blue for the broken.It’s the valley of shadow, the land of the dead,It’s, “No place in the inn,” so He stoops to the shed.He’s born to the shameful, bends to the weak,becomes the lowly: the God who can’t speak!And yet, what a […]
ἀπὸ Jas: 1. Be STS(slowtospeak) 2. RWM(receivew/meekness) the Implanted Γέγραπται 3. ὑπομένοντες /be patient …like a farmer 4. no grumble “yes” “no” above all 5. if sick ask elders to pray …if sin, forgive [jas] ἀπὸ 1Peter: 1. Be newborns 2. sojourners & exiles inBabylon 3. arm self w/ S&E way of thinking ἀπὸ 2Peter: […]
In my morning meeting with The Boss He said, “Approve what is excellent, and whatever is excellent, and whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” And then later in the meeting […]
Imagine a guy named Smalls is your leader. Smalls has caused you pain, and he admits it. Smalls says, “I’ve made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. Because if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I don’t […]
“It was to spare you that I refrained from coming again. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. For if I cause you pain, who […]
God destroys and thwarts and makes foolish our prized popularity and paragons of wisdom and eloquence. God offers stumbling and folly. God chooses what is foolish, weak, low, and despised. What you GOTTA KNOW [bigtime know! …ONLY know …resolve to know nothing other than this know] [1Cor.2.2]!?!?!? How you gotta be with people… in weakness […]
Yesterday I shared some crazy stuff that came up in my morning meeting with The Boss. Specifically, some crazy stuff that He was saying in the book of Acts. Today …the craziness continued. For example there was a big meeting where some people were upset because certain traditions and rules weren’t being followed (and – […]
In early December we are imaginatively immersing ourselves in the story of ACTS during my morning meetings with The Boss. Here are some of the crazy things we are seeing… In chapter 14 The Boss says, “In past generations I allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet I did not leave […]