Posts from March 2018

“But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.” ‭‭(I Corinthians‬ ‭4:3-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬) “Only God can judge me”, no doubt each of us has heard someone (ourselves?) make said statement. No doubt…

“because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”” (‭‭I Peter‬ ‭1:16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬) I just love reconnecting with a beloved book.  I have recently reread Brennan Manning’s A Glimpse of Jesus, and once again I am moved.  I tend to lose sight of just how much Brennan’s work has influenced how I think, live, and teach.  Perhaps there is a lesson in this, all that we take into our…

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to…

“Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.” (‭‭Romans‬ ‭3:31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬) I both believe and I intellectually hold that God is self-evident. Meaning His creative and omnipresent Power is around us and in us at all times, and He is obvious about it. What is more, I both believe and I intellectually hold that He loves us.…