Wednesday, March 25, 2015

It's Personal

"Okay, if God is love, then he loves me too, but only in the general sense, because he has to. After all, he knows me, he knows my sins and he knows all my problems, so he can't possibly love me - not me -- not really, even if it's in his

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

No More Circles, Please?

A friend of mind commented the other day that Jesus seemed to enjoy having a meal with the most obnoxious and despised people of his day. That baffled the "good" religious people, who

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Temptation, Jesus and Our Identity

Because this is Lent, a time when we look at our temptations and sins more seriously, I'd like to excerpt what Dr. Joseph Tkach, president of Grace Communion International, wrote about temptation recently, for this shorter venue. I hope you find his words encouraging as I did:

Jesus’ first temptation involved the false assumption, I am what

Monday, March 9, 2015

Praying for Our Enemies

This very insightful post was written by Judy Wu Dominick on her blog, lifereconsidered.com.  I suggest it for your reading and edification. It sobered me and has given me much to pray about in my own life.

http://lifereconsidered.com/2015/02/22/praying-for-our-enemies/

May you be blessed today.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Invited Into our Father's Business

By Randy Bloom, Regional pastor for GCI

Trinitarian theology teaches us that God (Father, Son and Spirit) is “on mission” in the world and we are invited to participate! We participate as we actively engage with Jesus, by the Spirit, in