Oh the People You will Meet . . .
Following Jesus requires a willingness to become the holy love of God and a pre-emptive obedience to all that he asks.
Following Jesus requires a willingness to become the holy love of God and a pre-emptive obedience to all that he asks.
We can trust God in the closing of doors as well as in the opening of them.
When someone takes us along on the journey we go to places we never would have found on our own and we become people we never would have become but for those journeys.
The counterfeit unity that comes from the toxic mixture of mushy sentimentality and passive aggressive behavior hurts the witness of the Church far more than honest division.
If we aren’t paying attention all of our busy activities will slowly transform our movements back into mindless motions.
People who have clarity about the responsibility of power know how to exercise authority without being authoritarian.
While reason and tradition and experience cannot help but influence our understanding, the Word of God will remain unrivaled in its governing authority.
Sift human experience by the Word of God; Never allow the Word of God to be sifted by human experience.
“Unless.” It’s a dangerous word. It should be invoked sparingly and with great caution and discernment.
The closer a person becomes to God, the more human they become.
Healing has as much to do with the love of the healers than it does the faith of the one seeking to be healed.
In the ministry of the gospel, effectiveness gets redefined from the giftedness of the preacher to the Gift of the Spirit.