Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.” (John 10:31-33) Read: 2…
Now that it has been nearly two years since the last time I have given in to it, I think it is time to confess an old addiction…
Before they could ascend Mount Zion, the people from Galilee first needed to pass by this mountain.
Why does God tell Moses to bring the people out of Egypt, and then tell Pharaoh not to let them go? The answer to this has everything to do with how we live our lives today…
Hope does not make life easier. In fact, it does the opposite with good reason.
Does the idea that God is “obligated” to anyone for anything negate His sovereignty? Does God’s faithfulness and truth come into conflict with His sovereignty? Can God do whatever He wants, whenever He wants, with no regard to His nature or to previous declarations?
a curse was spoken, the ax slipped, and it cut his heart in two.
“I like your Christ, but not your Christianity.” – Gandhi
This isn’t the love God has called us to live. This is not how He taught us, on a mountainside, to treat our neighbors or even those who declare themselves our enemies. The church claims to be the spiritual seed of Israel, the child of Isaac, the child of Abraham. Are we? Are we living out this heritage?
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
Our Jesus Christ is born
THE RIVER WALK 