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Tag Archives: grace
Throw Your Life Away
“Only those who throw their lives away for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.” ~Mark 8:35 May the good news of God’s grace invade every part of … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged compassion, empathy, good news, gospel, grace, kindness, Mark 8:35
31 Comments
Short Cut?
“There is no distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares us righteous through Jesus.” ~Romans 3:24 “For it is by grace that you are saved, through faith, and … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Ephesians 2:7, grace, Jesus, Romans 3:24, salvation, sin
11 Comments
A Hard School
Photo by Alex Conchillos My cousin Cody struggled his entire short life with depression, addiction, and soul crushing self-doubts. He learned to drive that wretched machine in a hard school. And yet in the midst of the struggle he found … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged C.S. Lewis, eternity, forgiveness, God, grace, Luke 13:30, suicide
69 Comments
The Seeds of Grace
A pastor friend recently asked me to speak about forgiveness. Knowing my history with the subject as a writer, filmmaker and teacher, he suggested I do a follow-up to his own recent message on forgiveness. This provided a surprising opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged forgiveness, grace, healing, Jesus, Matthew 6:12, mercy, sermon
29 Comments
Live!
Photo by James Wheeler Thought for the Week “I’m not telling you to make the world better…I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Quips and Quotes
Tagged grace, inspiration, Joan Didion, mentoring, motivation, parenting, purpose, thought for the week
28 Comments
Our Unnatural Love
It’s my wife Trudy’s birthday. We celebrated with dinner and a concert last night and will continue celebrating this weekend. And then, two weeks from now, we’ll celebrate our engagement anniversary—the day we chose to do something completely unnatural, to … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor
Tagged birthdays, commitment, forgiveness, grace, love, marriage, monogamy, peace
71 Comments
Dear God
“That speaking the truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the head, that is Christ.” ~Ephesians 4:15
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged action, body of Christ, Ephesians 4:15, grace, kindness, love, truth
9 Comments
Love is Inconvenient
“Love suffers long, it is kind and does not envy…it is not easily provoked and keeps no record of wrongs. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. It never fails. Only three things will last forever: … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13:4-13, grace, inconvenience, kindness, love, selfless, sunflower
31 Comments
Jesus’s Birth
“Origins” by Lucy West (pixels.com) Jesus’s birth, the Incarnation, changed everything. “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, but welcomes those from every tribe and nation who fear him and do what is right.” ~Acts 10:34-35
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Acts 10:34-35, Christmas, forgiveness, grace, holiness, Incarnation, Jesus
5 Comments
Keep Passing It On
Thought for the Week We were created to be conduits of grace. God doesn’t just rain down grace from the heavens, he distributes it to others through us. Why? Because he wants us to be like him. And if his … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged deeds, forgiveness, grace, Jesus, kindness, light, Matthew 5:16
23 Comments