The New Testament rarely addresses me as an isolated, individuated, privatized person. To be sure, God addresses me personally, but my identity is not primarily as an individual.
The New Testament rarely addresses me as an isolated, individuated, privatized person. To be sure, God addresses me personally, but my identity is not primarily as an individual.
“See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord” (Col. 4:17).
Faithful feels like trading on whatever it is God has given me for the advance of his purposes in the world.
We are those in whom the fullness of God is pleased to dwell, and yet we are prone to fill up our cravings with every emptiness under the sun.
A band is not another domesticated “small group” filling a slot in the sociological structures of church “belonging.” A band is a missional outpost on the front lines of the war on darkness.
LISTEN NOW! Colossians 4:10–11 ESV Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only
No one’s name gets mentioned in the New Testament because they wrote a viral blog post or authored a best selling book or because they were a famous mega church pastor.
As I become genuinely interested in another person, Jesus manifests his interest in them.
The message of the gospel can’t be reduced to messaging. That’s the mistake we make. The message of the Gospel is a mystery.
We don’t want to look back at the end of our days and realize we were just playing dominos.
The kind of change most needed cannot even be effected by laws. It must happen in the hearts and minds of masters and slaves.
