When the Good Guys Are the Bad Guys
The prisoners baptize the jailer and his whole family as the Holy Spirit cleanses their wounds and initiates them into the Kingdom of God—the New Creation now unfolding.
The prisoners baptize the jailer and his whole family as the Holy Spirit cleanses their wounds and initiates them into the Kingdom of God—the New Creation now unfolding.
Experiencing hardships “through” Jesus will set our feet on the path to real life, deep faith, and holy love becoming healing power.
Following Jesus requires a willingness to become the holy love of God and a pre-emptive obedience to all that he asks.
When someone takes us along on the journey we go to places we never would have found on our own and we become people we never would have become but for those journeys.
The counterfeit unity that comes from the toxic mixture of mushy sentimentality and passive aggressive behavior hurts the witness of the Church far more than honest division.
If we aren’t paying attention all of our busy activities will slowly transform our movements back into mindless motions.
People who have clarity about the responsibility of power know how to exercise authority without being authoritarian.
While reason and tradition and experience cannot help but influence our understanding, the Word of God will remain unrivaled in its governing authority.
Sift human experience by the Word of God; Never allow the Word of God to be sifted by human experience.