Category Archives: Jesus

This Easter

This Easter, I’m thankful for the promise of resurrection. Scripture attests, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” My prayer this Easter is that the Spirit would continue His work in me, transforming me daily into the … Continue reading

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Conditioned

Recently, I’ve become aware of the person I’ve been conditioned to be. My influences and experiences have helped shape me into the person I am and I’m so thankful for the individual influences God continues to place in my life. … Continue reading

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Unmerited Claudia

I was always taught that unmerited favor was called grace. But this week, I’ve learned to call her Claudia. Claudia works in food services at Lipscomb University where I’m taking graduate classes. More specifically, she operates the cash register at … Continue reading

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A Season of Hope

It’s hard to believe Christmas is less than two weeks away. I love this time of year, but it always seems there’s so much to do and so little time: putting up the tree, getting out the decorations, shopping for … Continue reading

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Jesus: A Novel

For the past 5 years, the writings of Walter Wangerin, Jr. have been a tremendous blessing to me. I first fell in love with The Book of God, Wangerin’s re-telling of the Story of God in the form of a … Continue reading

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A Perfect Plan

It was a perfect plan. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law brought her to Jesus, a woman caught in the act of adultery. The Mosaic Law carried a penalty of death by stoning for such an offense. But … Continue reading

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Powerful words

I was reading through the opening chapters of the Gospel of Mark recently and I was struck by the words of Jesus. Mark, likely the first of the Biblical Gospels to be written according to scholars, bypasses the lengthy genealogies … Continue reading

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Rambling Jesus

I met Rambling Jesus today. Rambling Jesus wore a weathered, purple polo shirt, a blue button-up sweater, a pocketwatch and a huge belt buckle. He stood 6’2″ and wore brown, square-rimmed eyeglasses. Rambling Jesus was an old man, probably in … Continue reading

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The Word became flesh…

“The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” — John 1:14 John’s Gospel begins with a … Continue reading

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Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?

I came across this text the other day, and it won’t let go of me. It’s in Luke 24, the first part of the chapter. Luke describes the activity on the first day of the week, that first and glorious … Continue reading

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