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Attractive part 5

11/01/2016 14:48

The gospel is the good news. Not the scary news. Good news is attractive. Not telling people they NEED to be reconciled to God, but telling them that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. We ARE reconciled. And it had nothing to do with anything we did, or could do. Jesus did it all,...

Attractive part 4

10/31/2016 13:03

The grass is greener on the other side, right? That's what they say? Well, in the religious world we MAKE the grass look greener on the other side. We have produced such an unattractive "gospel" that we have people running FROM God instead of running TO God. I still remember how I felt when someone...

Attractive part 3

10/30/2016 11:15

When you see something better than you've got... and someone is OFFERING it to you... I think we all pretty much have the same reaction: "What's the catch?" Because when something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Except when it comes to love. One of the things that makes love... love... is...

Attractive part 2

10/29/2016 18:09

Eve was deceived because the lie was attractive. The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was pleasing to the eye. The idea of "do in order to be" made perfect sense to the carnal mind. The serpent knew something that the church world seems to have forgotten: You catch more flies with...

Attractive part 1

10/28/2016 16:40

I don't know exactly when, or why, or how, but religious folk have made the "gospel" really unattractive. "Do what I say or I'll send you to an eternity of pain and torture in a fiery hell!" That... is terrifying. Which is kind of the opposite of what the Gospel REALLY is. You know... good news......

Believeth part 5

10/27/2016 14:33

When you know something, you can believe it. And when you believe it, it manifests in your life. Again, I'm talking about just any old think. I'm talking about one of two choices. Either what the world screams at you from the top of it's lungs... or the Word of the Lord. Either the lie... or the...

Believeth part 4

10/26/2016 15:46

What you believe is what manifests in your life. But I'm not saying you can be like, "I believe I'm a millionare" and then check your bank account and see millions of dollars. I'm saying you can believe one of two reports. What the world says, or the Word of the Lord. And here's the difference, the...

Believeth part 3

10/25/2016 15:29

Once you know something, you can believe it. You can put it into action. You can experience. And since we're talking about love (when aren't we?) we're talking about charity. It drove me nuts that the Apostle Paul used that word in the famous "love chapter" of 1 Corinthians 13. "Why not just say...

Believeth part 2

10/24/2016 16:43

To believe in something is to put your faith in it. To put your TRUST in it. And when you put your trust in something--or someONE--it can be a little scary. Because we have this idea that, "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." While at the same time we say things like,...

Believeth part 1

10/23/2016 16:16

We have known and believed the love of Christ. That's the Divine Order of things. Because you can't believe something you don't know. But believing the truth that you DO know is what makes it true... for you. Look at Mark 9:23, "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to...

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