Last Friday, my post 4 Things Jesus Absolutely Didn’t Die For became, in one day, the all-time most viewed article on this site. I’m not really surprised that this happened. It resonated on Reddit, totaling 240 comments and thousands of views. Many of these comments were focused on a discussion of what Jesus did die for. Instead […]
10: A Real Encounter (John 4:20-45)
When you have a real encounter with the real Jesus, you are not left the same. You are changed. The way you think. The way you live. The way you understand your identity. Everything changes. In today’s podcast we continue seeing how a Samaritan woman encountered the real Jesus and how her understanding of Him […]
Hyper-Sensitivity and a Starbucks Cup
What is it about November and December that gets people so hyper-sensitive and ready to burn people or companies at the stake because of a difference in beliefs? If its not Bill O’Reilly’s annual bit about how there’s a war on Christmas, it’s something different. Right now it’s a cup that is causing a stir […]
4 Things Jesus Absolutely Didn’t Die For
Want to know the greatest threat to the Church? It’s not our changing culture, terrorism, or partisan politics. The greatest threat to the Church is the Church pointing to the wrong things. That’s right. The greatest threat to the Church is the Church.
09: Jesus and the Ladies (John 4:1-19)
Jesus went to the places He wasn’t supposed to go. He talked to the people He wasn’t supposed to talk to. In today’s episode of The Abundant Life, we see Jesus talking with a woman, but not any woman – a Samaritan woman. *Gasp* First Century culture was not kind to women, but Jesus destroys the […]
Motivated by Anger (My Story and My Present)
It was natural for me. It was motivating. It produced results. It’s the reason why I showed up early and stayed late. Driven. My fuel? Anger. Revenge. As an athlete this was natural for me. People would wonder if I was actually having fun when playing sports. I was. But my face showed my motivation. […]