The One Rule

Recently, I put together series of conversations on the Power of One. During that series, we talked briefly about the One Belief and the One Rule … and specifically that Jesus took the 613 Old Testament laws and collapsed them into one single rule: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I […]Read more »

The Power of One

According to my Google Music Play, I have about 3500 “favorite” songs. On reflection, I can’t imagine I get to hear most of them with any sort of consistency, but they’re all up there in the cloud just waiting for me to tune in. But one of my “real” favorite songs is Three Dog Night’s […]Read more »

The Most Important Day of the Week

I heard a pastor preaching recently and listened while he entreated his church members to be more faithful and consistent in their Sunday worship attendance. I was right there with him, agreeing with his words, right up until he suggested: For a Christian, Sunday is the most important day of the week. I appreciated his […]Read more »

The Mystery of Authority

The Mystery of Authority Scripture: Ephesians 3:10–12 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in […]Read more »

Six Agonizing Hours

It was nine in the morning when they crucified him … At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). When some of […]Read more »