Posts Tagged ‘cross’
What’s All This Fuss About a Cross?
Reader Advisory: This week’s blog posting is a lengthy one. Find a comfortable chair and grab a full, hot cup of coffee before diving in. The entirety of Christendom is focused this week on the cross. I believe it is important for us to recognize on what, exactly, we are focusing. What follows is an…
Read MoreResponding to a ‘Try Jesus’ Bumper Sticker (Part 2)
Taking Up the Cross In Matthew 10:38 Jesus says that anyone who is unwilling to take up their cross and follow him is unworthy of him. He makes an almost identical statement six chapters later: If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever…
Read MoreIf Christ Be Not Raised…
We recently celebrated Easter, a time for some to put adorable dresses on little girls and suits on little boys – a time for hunting or rolling eggs, and for children to overdose on chocolate. For those in the body of Christ, however, Easter is so much more than dresses, new hats, eggs, and candy.…
Read MoreThe Order of the Towel
I rarely accept the label “Christian,” referring to myself instead as a “follower after Christ.” The term “Christian” has become so bastardized as to be almost devoid of meaning. It is similar to someone referring to themselves as an “Evangelical.” What does that even mean? Which of the 376 possible definitions of Evangelical are you…
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