That’s a $1 Billion Dollar Question (actually, an eternal question!). What does Jesus (and therefore the Father!) think/feel about you? Lots of ways to answer this, but I’m going to totally steal an answer from 2 other people. The answer will come from Thomas Goodwin, who I’ll introduce below. But it will come through MikeContinue reading “What does Jesus think/feel about you?”
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Does Jesus Rescue God?
We saw in our previous posts in this series (1, 2, 3) that what we believe about God, his character, his heart towards us, shapes everything else in our life and faith. In this post, because of that, let’s draw our eyes towards the Lord and see what He is really like. Let’s see whatContinue reading “Does Jesus Rescue God?”
Christians who don’t know God
Of course, after the previous post, you may be thinking, “I’m not Muslim,” so my view of God is just fine. While I hope so, I wanna push back. Do you know God? And by KNOW, I don’t mean a superficial, Sunday school awareness of a few stories from the Bible. It’s not a “IContinue reading “Christians who don’t know God”
Your prayers to a false god
So, to help us understand how important it is to rightly understand our good God, we’re going to look at a false god. We’re going to ask, “How does that god’s character affect the lives and prayers of his people?” And what we’re going to see is that it makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE. We’re goingContinue reading “Your prayers to a false god”
Feeling Far from God
About three years ago, I could only have described my relationship with God as “frustrating.” During this season, whenever I heard people talk about intimacy with God, my gut reaction was anger and judgment. First, I was angry that whatever they meant by “intimacy,” I didn’t have it. So, what do you do when someoneContinue reading “Feeling Far from God”
2 Writers/Speakers Who Are Influencing Me
OK, I felt compelled to write this entry for two reasons. First, to point you to a few wonderful folks that have had a lot of influence on me of late, whether authors, bloggers, speakers, etc. Second, I almost feel like I need to do this as a sort of disclaimer! Some of these folksContinue reading “2 Writers/Speakers Who Are Influencing Me”
Responding to our Kind, Tender King
So, we’ve seen that God’s reign is one of self-sharing, self-giving, sacrifice for His people. Isn’t that great! He’s not a cosmic overlord simply looking for slaves. Isn’t He so good!? To review, check out the previous posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Let me take all this justContinue reading “Responding to our Kind, Tender King”
God’s Reign as Self-Sacrifice?
I decided to insert one extra post in this series. Just in case you’re not convinced that self-sacrifice is the mark of God’s character, and therefore his dominion and rule, I want to look at one more scene. Actually, it’s one scene in two passages. First, let’s look at Revelation 5.1-5 5 Then I saw inContinue reading “God’s Reign as Self-Sacrifice?”
Absalom as anti-Christ
Remember, two posts back we saw that because God’s VERY NATURE is self-giving, self-sharing, self-sacrificing, that is also how He rules…it captures the nature of His dominion. We saw last post that David demonstrates this in his self-sacrificing behavior in the David and Goliath story (of course, he does a bad job of this inContinue reading “Absalom as anti-Christ”
King David – A Jesus-like Savior
David is appointed King, that is chosen by God, and then anointed King. This happens in 1 Samuel, chapter 16. It’ll be several years before he actually is enthroned as king. He’s chosen and anointed, but only after trusting the Lord and saving God’s people, will he be enthroned. And that’s the story we wantContinue reading “King David – A Jesus-like Savior”
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