Posts tagged “Humility”
Submission mode
“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Ephesians 5:21). Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I have an announcement to make. We’re…
God cares (even now)
In a book by Tim Keller, I read the tale of a witch who turned unsuspecting travelers into stone. She had a cottage with…
The earth is the Lord’s
Sometimes I need to be reminded who this world belongs to. Sometimes it seems that it belongs to everyone except me; people whose ideas…
Jesus was a baby … for YOU
When you hear the name Jesus, what picture pops into your head? Maybe you envision a famous painting of a Caucasian-looking Jesus that you…
When sin tears people apart
I find Paul’s words to the Romans as challenging as they are beautiful: “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you,…
The Savior of poor sinners
When Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came down like a dove. Do you know what that means? In the Bible, doves are connected…
Better is good
Forget about perfect. It’s not going to happen. Only God is perfect. I suggest we focus on something more attainable like being better. We…
Number one
A certain fifth-grade class has had a dodgy reputation since kindergarten. They tattle and talk back and can’t form a line without arguing about…
No time for spiritual retirement
The Johnny Depp trial and the latest Top Gun movie have shown me, among other things, that my generation isn’t as young as it…
Scapegoating
It started as a beautiful thing. On the Day of Atonement, the high priest made sacrifices for himself, the people, and everything contaminated by…
You should be proud
What are you proud of? Maybe you’ve made it through rigorous schooling or run a marathon or lost a bunch of weight or you…
The diversity of eternity
This past month, I immersed myself in trying to understand issues of race in contemporary culture, including inner city poverty, unconscious prejudice, and mass…