Me, myself and I are put on notice when we sign up to follow Jesus—the universe no longer revolves around us. It’s a bitter pill to swallow. If the question out of your mouth when you hear the carpenter from Galilee calling your name is—What’s in it for me?—you haven’t got the first clue about what following Jesus really entails.
Following Jesus [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 29, 2008
following Jesus isn’t for everyone
September 20, 2008
ticket to heaven Jesus
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home -Alanis Morissette, What if God…
Newsflash: Jesus wasn’t one of us.
Yes, Jesus was a man. He was tempted like us, he had feelings like us, he had thoughts like us, he got tired like [...]
September 11, 2008
the dynamics of following
I will follow.
-U2, Boy
Following Jesus isn’t what we are always told it is.
It’s much more.
The dynamics of following Jesus are plentiful—I want to elaborate on just a couple I was thinking about this afternoon.
18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into [...]
