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Moving from “fail” to “faith” means learning to be a better neighbor – Luke 10:25-37

Last week I asked the question, how do we move from Christian “Fail” to Christian “Faith”? While there are certainly loads of Christians striving to be faithful, there are many fails too. Jesus once told a famous story to instruct us how to be faithful to his way. The story is called The Good Samaritan,Continue reading “Moving from “fail” to “faith” means learning to be a better neighbor – Luke 10:25-37″

How to move from Christian “Fail” to Christian “Faith”

The words on the by-line were “Christian FAIL”. I use two phone apps to read the news: Google Newstand and Flipboard, which are free newspaper, magazine and website article readers. Earlier this week a Flipboard article with that by-line caught my eye. “Christian FAIL.” I knew what it was going to be about. Something aboutContinue reading “How to move from Christian “Fail” to Christian “Faith””

How to stop treating people as projects, Part 2 – People of Peace & Missional Communities

Last week I introduced my sermon on Luke 10:1-24 talking about how we Christians can be guilty of treating people as our own little spiritual projects. While I don’t believe that most Christians set out to make people into projects, in our eagerness to see people experience what we think is so amazing, namely, followingContinue reading “How to stop treating people as projects, Part 2 – People of Peace & Missional Communities”

A post for Christians: how to stop treating people as projects – Part 1 – The Problem

If you’ve read this blog for even a fairly short amount of time, you’ve heard me talk about about making disciples. It is the mission of God’s Kingdom, and yet I have heard many at Faith Church talk about how you can feel very frustrated about making disciples. You agree that it is important, youContinue reading “A post for Christians: how to stop treating people as projects – Part 1 – The Problem”

How to get out of a spiritual rut – Luke 9:37-45

I asked last week in the intro post if you might be blinded by your assumptions about God. Sometimes we can get stuck in spiritual rut, and in that rut we can’t see God for who he really is. In the passage we studied this past Sunday, Luke 9:37-45, the disciples were stuck. The nineContinue reading “How to get out of a spiritual rut – Luke 9:37-45”

Blinded by our assumptions about God?

Sometimes we get so stuck in a way of seeing things, that we can’t see them any other way. Check out this clip for a recent example of how stuck we can get: See that? People were given a phone from 8 years ago, told that it was the newest version of the phone, andContinue reading “Blinded by our assumptions about God?”

Does God Still Speak?

Have you ever been in the middle of a difficult time, and you were agonizing over what to do, how to think, and you prayed “God, I wish you would just break out of the heavens and tell me what to do!” If you’ve ever thought something like that, you are not alone. Most ofContinue reading “Does God Still Speak?”

Are you infected with MTD? – Luke 9:18-27

Many are infected and don’t know it. The virus is MTD. What is MTD? Read on to find out, and how Jesus responds to MTD. After allowing Peter to answer the question “Who do you say that I am?” with the words “You are the Christ/Messiah of God”, Jesus goes on to say two veryContinue reading “Are you infected with MTD? – Luke 9:18-27”

Who is Jesus, really?

After some arduous ministry, finally Jesus and the disciples got that vacation they were so longing for in the last section. Luke tells us that Jesus is in prayer, and the disciples are with him. He stops praying, turns and asks them: “Who do the people say that I am?” I suspect Jesus he hasContinue reading “Who is Jesus, really?”

When peace and quiet seem impossible to come by

Anyone else out there feeling a longing for some peace and quiet in life? We have our men’s retreat at Twin Pines coming up in a month, and I’m really looking forward to getting away. Up to the mountains. Last year we devoted time at the retreat for personal prayer. I decided to pray whileContinue reading “When peace and quiet seem impossible to come by”