The Upside Down World, Week 1, Day 7
September 16, 2017
MATTHEW 13:22 The “selling all” pattern can be over-spiritualized. It doesn’t refer in a simplistic way to you and I just...
September 16, 2017
MATTHEW 13:22 The “selling all” pattern can be over-spiritualized. It doesn’t refer in a simplistic way to you and I just...
September 15, 2017
EXODUS 20:1-4 Only “selling” gets the treasure and makes the acquisition of the Pearl possible. Some desires must be given up to make...
September 14, 2017
ROMANS 1:24-25 Sin is disordered desire. It is confusion in the way we value people, things, and activities. Once we value things in the wrong way...
September 13, 2017
MATTHEW 13:45-46 God shows up in a variety of ways. There are surprises, completely unexpected moments. A man is ploughing a field, racked by...
September 12, 2017
MATTHEW 3:17 | MARK 9:7 Thus when God speaks from Heaven in the New Testament, he only says one thing—”This is my Son, my...
September 11, 2017
COLOSSIANS 2:3 There is one great treasure, one pearl of supreme value. You and I are not meant to be diners at the religious...
September 02, 2017
REVELATION 21:1-6 JOHN 14:1-6 MATTHEW 22:1-10 The Kingdom is a social reality. Every image Jesus uses to describe the life to...
September 01, 2017
COLOSSIANS 4:7-17 Individualists who resist connecting with spiritual communities also forget that these communities have needs!...
August 31, 2017
ACTS 2:42 In the Christian faith, there is genuine substance to the idea of spiritual development. To mature is to become more like...