Post Tagged with: "Jesus"

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  i am bibledude

  the unlikely missionary 6 comments

  I was twenty-eight. I spent my whole life up to that point living for myself, and I finally decided that I was going to start living for Someone Else. It’s a cool story, and I’d love to tell it to you in greater detail sometime. What I’ll say now is [...]

   
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  in-betweens are places, too

  authentic christianity, bible literacy, i am bibledude, READ 8 comments

  I stalked him shamelessly. I hounded him, followed his scent, tracked his every move. I kept close on his tail, and I wasn’t even discreet about it. In the process, I learned so much. Tracking Jesus was a fun and wonderful way to know him better. I printed out the [...]

   
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  god our enemy?

  engaged in culture, SERVE 3 comments

  As we watched the opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics, I was struck by how beautiful everyone was. It seemed like an unending parade of beautiful people. “There aren’t this many beautiful people in Hollywood,” I said to my husband. “I think all people are innately beautiful,” he replied. “It’s [...]

   
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  the silence and the tears

  for reflection, life of worship, PRAY, spiritual practice 9 comments

  I’ve long been impressed by the power of the shortest verse in the Bible. “Jesus wept.” – John 11:35 The verse has been in many sermons over the years. Every time I’ve heard the verse used it was in the context of showing Jesus’ humanity and that it shows He [...]

   
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  got manna?

  for reflection, PRAY, spiritual practice 2 comments

  God has some wild imagination. Just picture those hapless Israelites, out whining in the wilderness about what’s for dinner. In comes the Provider, sprinkles some wafer-honey-like-matter all over their neighborhood, calls it “manna,” and tells them to gather away. But the weird thing was, if they gathered a lot—it was [...]

   
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  book review: not a fan

  book reviews, READ, SERVE 2 comments

  [becoming a completely committed follower of Jesus] I’ve contemplated leaving church. Numerous times. Why, you might ask? Because all too often church is not about following Christ. It’s about making people happy. All too often the leadership makes decisions based on what people will “like.” Will it make someone angry [...]

   
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  through the eyes of mary

  for reflection 1 comment

  I can’t help but think about how hard it was to be Mary during Jesus’ last days. Here was her baby boy, all grown up, being ridiculed and accused. Bruised, beaten, and hung on a cross. What was she thinking as she watched it happen? Maybe she was remembering when [...]