Month: December 2009

I think this video tells you everything you need to know… this stuff fires me up! →

Want to know what the Gospel means in real life? What the good news is? It is this: In Christ, we are all people of the second chance. There is no one who doesn’t get a second chance (and even a third and fourth and so on) with Jesus. Tax collecto… →

I have posted a number of things about loving your enemies (here, here and here). I truly believe that loving your enemies is absolutely central to Christian life, faith, practice, community and discipleship. It is not optional. But that doesn’t m… →

Yesterday I posted about MAKING LOVE and the idea that LOVE is the central ethic of the Christian faith (click here to read the post). Jesus teaches that the foundation of the Christian life (and I would argue, what it means to be human) is to LOV… →

The dominant theme and ethic of the New Testament (and I would argue, the entire Bible) is LOVE. The Apostle John declares in his first letter that GOD IS LOVE. Not that God is loving or that God loves (both true), but that GOD IS LOVE. The very n… →

Believe it or not, “unfriended” has been named the 2009 Word of the Year, thanks to American Oxford Dictionary. It is a word uniquely linked to online social networking. I know this because I have been “unfriended” many a time in the last 6 months… →

Today is WORLD AIDS DAY… pray, learn, give, connect, do something. Take the time to watch these videos and check out the resources below. Share your thoughts, prayers, resources, links, and ideas as well. NEXT STEPS: Share your thoughts and pray… →

Because I am done, I can once again declare that I am part of the FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED (with all due credit to Dr. Bob Moorehead): I am a part of the fellowship of the Unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit Power. The die has been cast. I have s… →