The 2 Greatest

Jesus didn't teach with 3 points and an illustration.  He used pictures and stories.  And none more important than his description of the Kingdom we are living in.

Reading someone else's mail sounds rude, inappropriate, and yet rightly understood, Christians do it all the time!

God bless the broken road that led us all straight to Him.  You may choose to give up on God.  He will NEVER give up on you!

Sometimes it's the tiny details in the text that carry the most powerful meaning.  Like the time God let it rip!

We Christians know how to "do happy" or at least pretend we are.  But what about the pain, trouble, hurt, confusion, doubting, and more that we also feel.  It's time the church learned to lament.  Today, I'll tell you how!

Whole libraries are filled with books trying to describe and understand God.  What of ALL the descriptors, which one matters most and what does that have to do with the way we live?

When you see another person you're looking at a beautiful complexity.  They are more than the actions and attitudes you see at that moment.  They also have a long invisible bag they drag behind.

Unfortunately in our world today respect has almost become extinct.  That should not be the way of the people of God.  In fact, showing and giving respect and be a powerful and even shocking way to love.

A lot of people are emotionally exhausted, not because of their own burdens, but because they try to carry the burdens of others.  Is that you?  Today, three questions that will help.

A chain reaction happens when one thing leads to the next to the next and so on.  But what is a SPIRITUAL chain reaction and how can we be a part of THAT?

It's so easy to feel overwhelmed by the needs of the world that are constantly coming at us.  What am I supposed to do about all that?  Well, there's good news, not guilt for you today.  Listen in!

People who think themselves indispensable, but here's the cold hard truth.  The graveyard is filled with indispensable people. 

Have you ever considered how often big things happen around food?  How can food be a tool of love?  Let's talk!

Words fail when we try to describe ALL that the Lord is to us.  BUT today I'll give you a pretty good list.

Have you ever had someone give you their word, break their word and then minimize it?  Let's start looking at giving our word as a form of love.

Blame, Deny, Deflect, Defend...that's the way of the world, but it's not the way of Jesus. The way of Jesus is to...OWN IT!

When you think of POWER...under control there are lots of good examples.  My most resent one involved kissing a stingray.

What does it mean when the Bible says God's Word is "living and active?"  In what way is it alive?

People measure their own value in different ways:  money, possessions, education, abilities.  How does GOD measure your worth?

We are all rightfully self conscious of our nakedness.  But there was a time in human history where that wasn't so.  What happened?  What changed?  And how should we now live?

Have you ever been to the Panama Canal?  If so, how would you describe it?  It depends on what you're using to compare it.  On that one hand, it's magnificent, on the other it's...puny!

There's a difference between being KIND and being NICE.  Nice is about people pleasing, kind is about grace AND truth.

What is a fool?  Are you one?  What does the Bible say about fools?

Have you ever been let down, of course you have.  And you've let others down too.  In a world that is changing, scary, with people not able to keep their promises--what is it, or WHO is it that we can COUNT ON?

Yes and yes and yes--we love those words coming to us.  But a little no is like a slap in the face because we think we know best.  What would it take for you to come to the place where you could thank God for His no?