Escaping Legalism and Finding Jesus
I have a confession for you. I hate legalism. Absolutely hate it. Can’t stand it. In my opinion, it’s an absolute perversion of the Gospel. If Jesus is the Good News, legalism is the un or anti-good...
View ArticleLove Always Hopes
It’s so much easier to tear down than to build up. It’s easy to throw rocks and say that this church or that church is terrible, or falling short in some way. But, there was something that changed my...
View ArticleKeith Green: 29 Years Later (A Retrospective)
Twenty-nine years ago this week Keith Green went to heaven. He was killed with his young son and daughter in a plane crash just outside of their Texas property on July 28, 1982. He was 28 years of age...
View ArticleFriday: Talking about Grace
Okay, a few days ago, I said that I didn’t like to use the word grace, and now here I’ve done it. I’ve used it in a title for my Friday discussion. First let me explain. For much of my Christian life,...
View Article2011 Expecting Great Things From God
We’re at nearly the half-way point for 2011. I can’t believe it. Here in Boston, we had a long cold winter, a very short spring, and it feels like we’re finally this week heading into summer. It’s so...
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