SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS: When people learn that I am a pastor, if they themselves do not ‘go to church’ then they will often follow it up with, “I’m spiritual but not religious.”
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 29
Text: Romans 12:9-21
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 28
Text: John 15:1-17
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”
INTO THE LIGHT: “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.”
Continue reading →Father John talks about the story of King Saul searching for an heir. It’s a story about how God sees the nature of our heart.
Continue reading →SOUL SEARCH: It is best when we focus our energy on things we can do something about, and leave the rest to God.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 27
Text: Mark 10:35-45
“…it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant!'”
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 24
Text: 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
“The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord is king!'”
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: God doesn’t really ‘need’ us, so why does God love us… even going to the cross?
Continue reading →STRIVE FOR THE KINGDOM: “Striving for the kingdom means putting someone else’s needs above our own. Striving for the kingdom means working for justice where we see injustice…”
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