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No Lounging in Christ (Pt. 3)
This is week three of our look at walking with Christ, or walking in the Spirit, and how such a walk contrasts with the temptation to “lie around in the Spirit,” lounging and relaxing in Christ – floating with the currents, wherever they may take us. Such is not the way of the Christ-follower. Rather,…
Read MoreNo Lounging in Christ (Pt. 2)
The Greek adverb, αξιως (axios), is translated as “worthy of” in all of its six NASB New Testament occurrences, and five of those six instances are directly tied to our walking in a manner worthy of God, worthy of the gospel of Christ, or worthy of our heavenly calling. Just as we walk in the…
Read MoreNo Lounging in Christ (Pt. 1)
Sometimes, Alean and I will jump into the Jeep and go for an aimless drive. We have no destination in mind. We just pick a direction and start driving, trying, if possible, to select roads we have never previously driven. When we do this, our goal is simply to get out of the house and…
Read MoreYour Calling – From 30,000 Feet
Last week I had an unexpected exchange of ideas with a handful of people in the comments section of my literary agent’s blog. My agent, Tamela, had written a blog posting titled I Have No Plans to Write That Book. She was pressing us to write what it makes sense for us to write, while avoiding…
Read MoreJesus – The Bright Morning Star
I am not afraid of the dark so much as I am of what is in that dark. I make the room as dark as it can be while I am sleeping, and I experience no fear of that dark. I like the theater to be dark when Alean and I are watching a movie, and that…
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