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One of the greatest challenges today is to stop, be silent, and learn to listen to the still, small voice of God. This blog is a collection of thoughts that come out of my time of listening in the Word of God ... when I am able to put my thoughts int
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Celebrate Christmas Celebrate New Life
Christmas is about everything new. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. B...
038 | Kingdom Without Borders
The things Jesus taught brought very strong responses during his life on earth. His teaching still does. Jesus challenges people. He challenges me. | Read Luke 4:14-30 | Listen | Check out this account of Jesus in his hometown teaching in the s...
033 | Unremarkable & Authentic Growth
Real authentic growth in the Kingdom of God is mostly the result of small unremarkable everyday words and actions coming out of our response to Jesus. In the previous Essential Jesus passage number 32 I wrote a post titled Seemingly Unremarkable Ki...
Why do I Freak Out?
The lyrics to a Jon Foreman song written with Matthew Chapter 6 in mind have really struck a cord with me lately. I am not a person who freaks out much. At least on the outside. But lately, given the lack of financial security in my life right now, I...
032 | Seemingly Unremarkable Kingdom
The full glory of God would completely blow us over! God is simply awesome, but God's interaction with us humans in this world, is not primarily remarkable or outwardly overwhelming. Maybe to put it another way: God does not work in an awesome, immed...
Give Water this Christmas
450 billion dollars are spent on Christmas in America every year. It is estimated that 10 billion just once would provide everyone in this world access to clean water. Last year during advent at Valley View Community Church I was introduced to so...
026 | More Convinced Less Afraid
Isaiah says that a virgin will give birth to a son who will be called Immanuel, which literally means "God with us" (v. 14) The New Testament makes clear this prophecy was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-25)." This quote is fr...
023 | Ruler from Bethlehem
The Savior would come from the little town of Bethlehem (v.2). At the time of Jesus' birth, this was the commonly held understanding (Matthew 2:3-6). It was such an unlikely place, and yet God orchestrated an incredible chain of events - a census o...
The End is the Beginning
Well this is number 100. The last passage reading of the E100 Challenge. Starting on January 1st and ending here today. What a trip this has been for me. I would encourage everyone who is working through the E100 Challenge to keep going. It is worth ...
The End is the Beginning
Well this is number 100. The last passage reading of the E100 Challenge. Starting on January 1st and ending here today. What a trip this has been for me. I would encourage everyone who is working through the E100 Challenge to keep going. It is worth ...
