God is love. God is light. As I read back through 1 John again this morning, I realize there’s no way to fully cover the depth of what these two little statements mean in a couple of short blog posts. What I do want to make clear is that we can’t separate the two. We …
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Can A Christian Hate?
God is love. God is light. As I read through 1 John, these are the two statements that keep coming back to me. They’re such simple concepts: love and light. John is defining what it means to be a child. If a proper understanding of God is to see Him through the lens of love …
When Life Squeezes You
What’s your attitude toward suffering? Perhaps you’re like me, you don’t really consider any of the various trials or difficulties you’ve experienced as truly suffering, compared to the kinds of things others go through. I’ve never been hungry, or homeless, or truly afraid for my life. I’ve never been to prison, and for the most …
It’s Not Just About You
How well do you get along with others? When you make a decision to do something, do you think about how it will just affect you, or consider its impact and influence on the people around you? I don’t know if they still do this, but when I was a kid, report cards had two …
The Cost Of Love & Devotion
Have you ever been in a place where it felt awkward to express your love and devotion to Jesus? Let’s be honest. The Christian worldview isn’t widely accepted or as popular as we want it to be. We have to admit it – the Bible tells some fantastically unbelievable stories, doesn’t it? And the rules …
The Way Of The Word 