Bringing Light to Life
When placed under oath a witness swears to, “Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” The middle phrase is a problem if someone wants to minimize what they’ve done. Most of us are okay admitting we did something wrong, as long as we can withhold the details. It’s one thing to […]
Jesus performed amazing miracles. He opened the eyes of the blind, healed lepers, cast out demons, and raised the dead. In each case, Jesus did for others what they couldn’t do for themselves. At its core, that’s what Christianity is about. It’s about God doing for us what we can’t do for ourselves. Just as […]
Imitating Jesus may seem as impossible as following Superman in flight. We might shadow Clark Kent up a flight of stairs, but not off a tall building. Likewise, we might imitate Jesus when he operated from his human nature, but not when he relied on his divine nature. Such thinking is based on the belief […]
The Death Paradigm—the dark lens that hides truth and shades all we see Prior to the Lord’s resurrection, death ruled supreme. Death conquered everyone: young, old, rich, poor, strong, weak, kings, commoners, individuals and nations. Everyone bows to Death. We may eat well, exercise, wear a seatbelt in a car and a helmet on a […]
A bias is a radar that detects friendlies and ignores enemies. The disciples had a biblical bias that formed the lens through which they interpreted all Jesus said and did. When his words and actions supported their bias, they understood him. When he contradicted a bias, they couldn’t hear what he said. Consider Daniel […]