The Parable of the Great Banquet
We make excuses often for not serving Jesus as we should…and yet we still expect to go to heaven. What’s wrong with that picture?… Read More The Parable of the Great Banquet
1 Peter: The Passions of the Flesh
It’s easy for us to forget that we are soldiers fighting a spiritual war every single day (2 Cor. 10:3-5). If we let our guard down, if we get distracted by “the world or the things in the world,” then we will lose the war. Let us never forget that. … Read More 1 Peter: The Passions of the Flesh
A Parable About Humility
That’s what Christianity is about (Mk. 9:34-35; Matt. 20:25-28). Serving, not being served. Being last, not first. Being a slave, not a master.… Read More A Parable About Humility
1 Peter: The Reason We Are Christians
Basically, we are Christians to tell others about how and why we are Christians. Going to heaven and being saved from hell by the grace and love of God and the sacrifice of Christ on the cross? Yes, one could say those are also reasons we are Christians, although in the context of what Peter is saying here I would say they are more the wonderful benefits of being Christians than anything else. But our purpose for being “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession”? Never forget, Christians. Our purpose for being Christians is to evangelize. … Read More 1 Peter: The Reason We Are Christians
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Christianity is more than about what happens at church. It’s more than being about sound doctrine concerning salvation and worship and church organization and the sinfulness of ecumenism. It’s about more than praying every day and reading your Bible every day. If we do all of that but in our daily lives lack compassion, sympathy, empathy, kindness, and agape love, then our religion is meaningless. “This you should have done without neglecting the other” (Matt. 23:23; cf. 1 Cor. 13:1-3).… Read More The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Pre-Denominational Christianity 
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