by Bob | Mar 26, 2013 | Christ, Cross, Easter, Good Friday
Preparing for Good Friday: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross One of the most powerful practices you can participate in to prepare your heart for Good Friday is reflecting on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the cross. I’ve arranged them below for you...
by Bob | Mar 24, 2013 | Christ, Sunday Worship
A Prayer for Christ-Centered Sunday Worship: Colossians 1:9-23 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that...
by Bob | Oct 24, 2012 | Christ, Christian Living, Humility
Be Radical—Be Like Christ! In my last two blogs, I’ve asked: 1. Who are your spiritual teammates—your sun-athleo? 2. Who is your Sam—your encouragement partner? Today we ask: Who is your model for Christian living? Christ—Our Model for Christian Living In...
by Bob | May 28, 2012 | Atheism, Atheists, Christ, Christianity
Atheists Affirm the Superiority of Christianity I recently read an atheist cartoon—yes, there are such things. It was mocking the worship of an “invisible, inscrutable, and vindictive deity.” Rather than be offended, I actually thought, “Hmm, an atheist affirms the...
by Bob | May 5, 2012 | Christ, Cross, Gospel, Grace, Praise, Prayer
A Prayer for Peace by Grace and Not Performance “Father, thank You that I exist by grace, I live by grace, I am ‘measured’ by grace—and the ‘measure’ of grace is as wide as the outstretched arms of Christ on the cross, and as infinite as the love that sent the Son...
by Bob | Apr 27, 2012 | Christ, Christian Living, Humility
This Changes Everything I’ve often said that there’s one passage of Scripture that if I consistently applied it to my life—then everything about how I live would change. I’ve frequently written that I think the same passage is a primary reason many people find it...
