Jesus only did two in three years; the IRS did more than 23,000 in two years. Resurrections, that is. In a report that aired yesterday on Nashville, TN’s WMSV-TV, it was noted that the IRS is much more powerful than Jesus when it comes to resurrecting folks from the dead. Aren’t you glad that we […]
Kingdom thinking
Dan was a single guy living at home with his widower father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most […]
Fruit vendor
This happened to jump in my face this morning: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. —John 15:16 My response: Really?
Readings
Simultaneously reading through Acts and John these days. Interesting questions come to mind: • Why is the American church at large not like the church you find in Acts? • Where’s the power? • Where’s the persecution? Why doesn’t society see us as a threat? • I didn’t know Paul had a sister! • Do […]
“We can’t keep quiet…”
I read this today. Trying to wrap my mind around it. I reread it here. I’m trying to connect the dots between the written and the reality…