Article archive :: Jesus Rant

Beloved part 5

08/03/2016 12:15

When someone is beloved... that's when they know and believe that they are loved. That's when they let themselves BE loved. And that's when they CAN love. Receiving and releasing, right? Receiving BY releasing. But for today I want to focus on what being beloved means to the person DOING the...

Beloved part 4

08/02/2016 13:44

To completely identify with Jesus--our true identity, God in the flesh, love in a body--is to know that we are God's BELOVED Son in whom He is well pleased. To know that as He is, so are we in this world. To stop trying to be someone we're not and rest in the truth of who we are. And guys, that's...

Beloved part 3

08/01/2016 11:56

Don't get weirded out by this part. We are the Lamb's wife. Ok? So when I talk about intimacy (between husband and wife) it's ok. It's just a slightly different picture than the Father/Son love that I usually focus on. But I think it's important to understand all aspects of love. Because love is...

Beloved part 2

07/31/2016 12:23

Jesus gave us a New Commandment. And it goes like this, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34). In other words, "Receive my love and release it to others." That's what this life is all about. It's about living....

Beloved part 1

07/30/2016 12:48

This Rant series is a continuation of the last one, focusing on the sense of belonging that comes from knowing that, well, "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine..." (Song of Solomon 6:3). But instead of zeroing in on who belongs to who, I want to highlight what that belonging means. And it is,...

Mine part 5

07/29/2016 11:22

I started this Rant series talking about a special kind of love. The love between a father and his son. And that kind of love is special because when I'm thinking about my son... he's MINE. Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. He looks like me. Walks like me. Talks like me. I see myself in him....

Mine part 4

07/28/2016 10:58

There's a song called, "He's Mine." And the whole time the singer's son is doing things that might not necessarily be seen in a positive light. And the whole time the singer is proud as could be to claim him. Because he sees himself in his son. It's not about what you do... it's about who you are....

Mine part 3

07/27/2016 09:43

We belong to our heavenly Father. I am His and He is mine. And that doesn't mean He owns me in the sense of I have to do what He says or else. It means He is responsible for me. It means I am His special possession. The object of His affection. It means we have a special bond. The unconditional...

Mine part 2

07/26/2016 10:01

We belong to our heavenly Father. But not in the sense of having to do what He says or else. That was the perception that the people had under the Law of Moses--even though there was an elaborate system of animal sacrifice in place to protect us from the supposed "or else." We belong to our...

Mine part 1

07/25/2016 14:16

Sometimes my son, Logan, asks me, "Daddy, why do you love me so much?" And I always answer him the same way: "Because you're mine." And I know this kind of flies in the face of the idea that we are supposed to love everybody equally. I once heard a preacher talk about how his family isn't more...

Article archive