July 04, 2012
(This blog post came out of my daily reading from our 'Planted Journal'. Pick up a copy at Westside Church if you would like to participate.)
1 John 2: 27 But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
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June 28, 2012
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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June 25, 2012
I was really excited to sit down with my Planted Journal and Planted Bookmark (reading schedule) this morning. But, it wasn’t easy to do. There were a lot of other things I could have been doing.
So, this was the question: do I value this process enough to carve fifteen minutes out of my morning to read a little scripture and hear the voice of God?
What’s the down-side, really? I lose 20 minutes of sleep? Meh, I can just go to bed earlier—I probably should anyway.
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April 04, 2012
When I read the Bible, I find that the Holy Spirit is more than willing to open up the text, like a key to a lock, revealing deep and significant truths. That’s when things get exciting.
Today, I want to look at Matthew’s account of Christ’s trial before Pilate:
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April 02, 2012
As I was reading through John 18 this week, the Holy Spirit grabbed my attention with the brief account of Barabbas. During the trial of Jesus, John refers to the Roman Governor:
Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He [Jesus] is not guilty of any crime. But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?”
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March 12, 2012
Does Jesus offend you? I know, it seems like an odd question. But, is it a fair question? He offended a lot of people. In John 6, he even offends many of his disciples. These disciples had already been following him as he traveled, preached, and healed the sick. But, now he had offended them, and they left. Would we be fooling ourselves to say that we could never be offended by Jesus? It is, afterall, very difficult for us to accept something different than what we’ve already believed.
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