Knowing the Son Do we KNOW the Son? Or is who we know an imposter? This knowing makes all the difference in the world, both now and later! “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 NAS If Jesus came […]
Creation In this upcoming sermon, “The Creation in Christ,” we find a paradox, an apparent contradiction in terms, which upon further reflection, make perfect sense. This contradiction is found in the verse for this sermon in John 1:3-4 NAS. “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him, not even one thing came into being
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Obedience Obedience is not about getting it right or wrong, but about guidance for living in Life. It is about learning to hear the voice, feel the nudge, or respond to the 2by4 in the moments of our day, learning to live in the freedom of self-giving love. It is not about the law of
Light And Shadow We are very good at self-denial and self-deception! God gave us the gift of Self. A beautiful creature filled with light and life, and we are in complete denial of that Self! Maybe, the struggle is not in denying the self we know but fighting tooth and nail to keep as much
Suffering Here in the sermon, “The Voice of Job,” MacDonald takes on the difficult subject of suffering. There are no easy answers to understanding the created pathway to becoming actual participants in the joy and beauty of the Divine Life we are to share. So, “If God is good, why is there so much human
Fear Fear is a subject I think we are all uncomfortable with and avoid in some way. We tend to redefine it in order to avoid dealing with it. We take a verse like, “The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” and change fear to “awe” instead. I am not suggesting that
“Life” is the sermon from which this blog reflects. It is another of MacDonald’s beautiful bookends. This chiasm begins with “The Last Penny,” which is all about our debt of love, then “Life” as the reflection on Penny, which is all about the Divine’s debt of love to us, the cost of freedom. And transformation
Kingdom insights are for those who seek to live from the mind, heart, and life of Christ. For those who accept the challenge to change their minds and exercise their wills to be righteous. Righteousness is just fairness – from God to man, man to God, and man to man. We must be as determined
Prayer’s Difficulty is Me God is not slow to act as it appears to us. He needs no information or persuasion to give us His best. It is we who do not trust in Their goodness and faithfulness, and this is where the difficulty with prayer lies for us. Wanting what we think we need
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Jesus once again tells us a parable. One like the “Temptations in the Wilderness,” which we cannot know by observation. He alone revealed it after His resurrection. This story is also about His assumption of all things human. The vicarious Life through which He carries us into His! It is filled with meaning because we