When Jesus said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven,” what did he mean?
Category: Understandding Scripture
God Wouldn’t Want Someone Like Me / Spiritual Meditations
In all my years of ministry, it might be one of the hardest conversations that I’ve ever had with someone. Walking up the stairs of this house for the first and only time, the smell and the screaming were something terrible. I felt as if I had been transported into the middle of the film “The Exorcist”.
Jesus, Our Link to God / Spiritual Meditations
Jesus reestablished the original link between the seen and unseen worlds and revealed a newly intimate side to God and his point of view.
God’s Restraint / Spiritual Meditations
Why doesn’t God intervene to rectify various earthly dilemmas? Philip Yancey presents a thought-provoking image of God’s perspective as a partial answer to that question.
Does it Matter What You Think about the Holy Spirit? /Spiritual Meditations
What you do and how you live are absolutely vital. Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning. But what you believe determines how you act.
Your Unity With “the Least of These” / Spiritual Meditations
Jesus’ solidarity with the “the least of these” plants him among the prophets (Matthew 25: 40). Jeremiah and Isaiah say the measure of a society is how it treats its least powerful. Jesus entered into commonality with the poor, oppressed and suffering.
Jesus’ Pre-Easter Rescue / Spiritual Meditations
Jesus’ rescuing love sets the standard for Christian holiness & transfigures the lives of those who are fellow workers with God.
Why the Magi Brought Frankincense and Myrrh / Spiritual Meditations
Fire and smoke represented the presence of the Lord as the Israelites travel through the dessert, worshiped in the Temple, and recognized the Messiah.
Family Trickery & Kosher Sacrifice / Spiritual Meditations
The original Hebrew adds surprising detail and depth to a story of deceit and cunning.
12 Things You Mistakenly Thought were in the Bible/Spiritual Meditations
You’ve heard these Bible stories and phrases so many times you accept them as authentic. Some are fictional additions to Biblical events while others sound kind of Biblical but definitely aren’t. See how many of these 12 things you thought were actually mentioned in the Bible.
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