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Temple part 4

12/15/2017 18:58

Don't you realize? That's the question that the Apostle Paul asks in our key verse for this Rant series. He never went around telling people what they weren't. Or what they should be. He went around from church to church trying to help people realize who they already were. Don't you realize that...

Temple part 3

12/14/2017 14:45

The human body is a shrine to love. I don't know how else to put it. The most important thing in the world is on full display inside of us. And that means it can be on display THROUGH us. That's the key: What's inside--what you know and believe is inside--WILL come out. We live from the inside-out....

Temple part 2

12/13/2017 19:38

One of the "coolest" (in the sense that we like to make God in our image instead of understanding what it means to be made in His image) stories in the Bible is the one where Jesus gets mad and flips over the tables in the temple. And I think we like that story because of the "human" reaction....

Temple part 1

12/12/2017 19:48

The carpenter Jesus built a house. And that house... is you. "Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself" (1 Corinthians 6:19 NLT). And that right there is the problem. We don't realize it. We're so...

Sup part 5

12/11/2017 20:06

Jesus stands at the door and knocks. The door of our hearts. Which, when you consider that He already lives in our hearts, seems like a very gentlemanly thing to do. Its His house. He built it. WE are the house that the carpenter Jesus built. (And yes, I realize carpenters traditionally build...

Sup part 4

12/10/2017 19:42

You are what you eat. Really. Naturally AND Spiritually. If you eat junk food, you won't be entering any body building competitions. If you "eat" or digest what the world has to offer, you'll think you're not worthy of love. (Unfortunately, the same can be said for what a lot of the church world...

Sup part 3

12/09/2017 15:18

It IS kind of a tricky subject... the idea of eating WITH Jesus by EATING Jesus. In fact, when He preached about it He lost a bunch of followers. Because it seems, well, crazy. Especially, I imagine, back then when a real life flesh and blood person was telling people to eat His flesh and drink His...

Sup part 2

12/08/2017 19:48

A big part of life is supping, or eating, with each other. Gathering around the family table. And I know "in this day and age" when it seems like we go, go, go and rarely ever have a chance to sit down and break bread, this concept may have lost some of its... not appeal, exactly, because I think...

Sup part 1

12/07/2017 20:16

First things first: While I have been known to say, "Sup?" instead of "What's up?" that's not what this Rant series is about. Its about love. (That should be pretty obvious by now, right?) Its about Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the...

Heart Knowledge part 5

12/06/2017 19:43

We always want to wage war. Especially between the head and the heart. We want things to "make sense" but we also want things to "feel right." And a lot of the time those two don't line up. Its only when we understand that the heart of the God and the mind of Christ are the same thing that we can...

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