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Patience part 4

04/29/2017 18:12

I have found, through much trial and error, that a lot of the time things work themselves out. A lot of the time, even though I'm trying to help, I end up hurting the situation. Because a lot of the time I'm not patient enough. I try to do things I ought not be doing and it makes situations a lot...

Patience part 3

04/28/2017 19:10

There's an interesting story in 2 Samuel chapter 16. And its a little bit lengthy, but I think its worth getting into. A man is throwing curses at King David. Then this happens, "Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I...

Patience part 2

04/27/2017 18:17

This is where I think I wanted to get to yesterday, and where the idea for this Rant series came from: "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matthew 5:39). And somehow, it seems like we preach this verse as if...

Patience part 1

04/26/2017 17:12

If there's one thing my job has taught me--and to be sure, it teaches me things every day--it's that a little bit of patience goes a long way. When a situation is starting to get to point of escalation, a calm voice in the midst of the storm can do a lot to get things back to good. And, by the way,...

Works part 5

04/25/2017 17:15

The thing I wonder about when "religious folk" talk about works and labor--and of course they don't SAY it in those terms, but they are more like the Pharisee in Luke chapter 18 who is thanking God for how wonderful he is while kicking a publican in order to make one man look smaller and himself...

Works part 4

04/24/2017 16:44

Works (and labor) don't work. You can't earn a gift, no matter how hard you try. And you can't be someone you're not, either. Like Popeye said, "I am what I am." (God said that too, so...) But faith works by love, and faith without works is dead. So true faith--walking by faith faith--is all about...

Works part 3

04/23/2017 16:55

I love the story of Zacchaeus. Its kind of the perfect example of what I've been Ranting about. Here's this guy who is "little of stature." Whether that necessarily means short, or perhaps he (and everyone else) didn't think very highly of himself doesn't really matter. I think it works either way....

Works part 2

04/22/2017 17:53

The work of God is believing in the Son of God. Believing that who you are in Christ is who Christ is in you. Believing that you don't have to "become perfect," through works and labor, because you already ARE perfect. Believing that you are complete in Him, because He is complete in you. And let...

Works part 1

04/21/2017 17:53

Man, this is a big subject to try to get into, isn't it? I think when we--in anything resembling a "religious circle"--hear this word a big red flag flies up. Because we associate "works" with "labor." And we know that works and labor are bad, right? Works and labor... don't work. When Cain and...

Not Easy part 5

04/20/2017 16:18

Love is not easy... if you're trying to do it yourself. Based on whether or not somebody "deserves" it. Because we can always find fault with people, if we're looking for it. In fact, I'm convinced that we can find anything we're looking for. Jesus said it like this, "Ask, and it shall be given...

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