"YOU CAN DO IT" is a new age, positive thinking bunch of baloney. The truth is that "you can do it through Christ who gives you strength". Your strength is really yours by proxy. Jesus is the difference. An important and necessary difference. We can do nothing without Him. In fact, we have never done … Continue reading You Can Do It… (a big fat lie)
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The Myth of Christian Balance
This life is like a pendulum (or you can look at it as a balancing scale, if you like). We are always swinging from one extreme of a pendulum to another. As many theologians will perceptively point out, we are always either in the danger of trusting in our own ability to keep the law … Continue reading The Myth of Christian Balance
When Jesus Said Goodbye
He looks at the confused faces around him. Shadows of despair cloud each face in the room. His own heart feels like lead. He doesn’t know what else to add, they don’t understand the words he speaks. Still, they fix their eyes on him; Questioning eyes, hungry gazes, expectant faces…. They understand that the worst … Continue reading When Jesus Said Goodbye
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