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Dear World, You Make Me So Uncomfortable!
Dear World, I have a confession to make. Many of you people make me uncomfortable. It’s true. But, I try hard to hide it for a million reasons. Reason one: I don’t see Jesus ever being uncomfortable – ever. Read the gospels. He walked through this world like He owned it. (Okay, He did, but still.) …[ read more ]
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The Passive Idolatry that Renders Us Silent
Why do we remain silent? Why do Jesus-loving people clam up about deeply held truth? Why are we not talking about all God is, all He does, and the stakes of not choosing Jesus in most conversations? Why do we stay quiet, hoping someone else will speak or hoping our lives will do all the …[ read more ]
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Speaking Truth to People Who Won’t Listen – The Jeremiah Generation
The Jeremiah Generation. Is that us? We’ve been entrusted to speak truth in our times. We are to speak of God’s boundless, reckless, lavish love. Love that brought Jesus from heaven to the cross. Love that cries out to those who deny its very existence and that waits with open arms, scanning the road for …[ read more ]
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The Man Who Hated Me in the Coffee Shop
And do you think they’ll line up to thank us when we turn their world upside down? When we exclude all the ways they devise to build their own stairways to heaven and point to the solitary stairway that hung on a cross, do you think they’ll applaud in breathless awe? When our words declare …[ read more ]
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Offending Like Jesus
You and I have grown up in a gentle season of faith-sharing. Friendship evangelism. Seeker-friendly services. Love wins. We’re all going to be just fine. And, while I’m glad not to have experienced weekly fire and brimstone sermons, each generation gets a little something right and a lot of something wrong. Which is why it’s …[ read more ]