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Tag Archives: cross
Never Forget
Never forget It’s not what you know, but Who you know
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, God, hope, Jesus, John 17:3, knowing, sunrise
10 Comments
I Want to Know Him
Is Jesus still on the cross? Yes. No. Both. Read on. Ash Wednesday begins the traditional season of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter (Lent literally means “Forty”). So what? “Old, dead tradition stuff.” That was my summation … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Ash Wednesday, Christ, cross, Lent, meditation, penitence, Philippians 3:10-12
17 Comments
The Cross as a Way of Life
To die to self, to keep the old nature nailed to the cross, is such a battle, isn’t it? And yet in the end it turns out to be not just any battle but the battle. If we win this … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, death, discipleship, Jesus, Luke 9:23-24, resurrection, self
16 Comments
Crosswalk
“If you would be my disciple, you must deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.” … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, crosswalk, daily, discipleship, Jesus, Luke 9:23-24, walk
8 Comments
Discipleship is Dangerous!
There are record numbers of suicides. Record levels of depression. Record levels of domestic abuse. Our world has never been more desperate for followers of Jesus to show the way out of this growing darkness! But the workers are few … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, despair, discipleship, fear, Jesus, resurrection
27 Comments
Let Us Run…
Paul, the traditional author of Hebrews (though some think it was his fellow apostle Barnabas), repeatedly used racing as a metaphor for faith. In an endurance race the real competitor is ourselves (“the sin that so easily entangles”). The key to … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, endurance, Hebrews 12:1-2, Jesus, perseverance, prize, race
10 Comments
The Cross
The cross isn’t a means of forgiveness. It’s proof of it.
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, eternal, foregiveness, Jesus, life, love
12 Comments
Put the X back in Xmas!
People often assume that the term “Xmas” is an attempt to take “Christ” out of Christmas. But did you know that: The term Xmas dates all the way back to the Middle Ages. X is an abbreviation for Christ (it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Religion/Faith
Tagged Christ, Christmas, cross, funny, purpose, xmas
58 Comments
Another Thief on the Cross
I’d just finished a month-long gig, teaching acting in London and Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and had said goodbye to the last of my students. It had been a heady time, suffused with history. I had tickets for The Merchant of … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Religion/Faith, Story Power
Tagged cross, forgiveness, gospel, Luke 23:43, Mormon, thief
44 Comments
Walk this Way
“If you would be my disciple, you must deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.” … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged cross, disciple, follower, growth, Jesus, Luke 9:23-24
6 Comments