At first thought, following Jesus seems easy. It seems a matter of changing your mind about who Jesus is, recognising and accepting him as Saviour, and acknowledging him as King and Ruler. I suppose it is easy, relatively speaking, to see ‘following Jesus’ as a ‘decision’. Western Christianity often focuses on people making ‘decisions’ to [...]
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Following and Sacrifice
Posted in Christian faith, Christian Living, Comfort, Devotional Readings, Discipleship, Grace, Incarnation, Jesus, Mission, Presence, Reformed Theology, Relationship, Spirituality, Struggle, Transformation, Trials, Worldview, worship on January 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Why the ads on this blog?
Posted in Unwanted Advertising on WordPress on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Good question… I have not placed any advertising on this blog, nor have I given approval for anyone else to do so. It seems these ads are something that WordPress allow. I’ll be looking into what I might do to stop them, but I am not sure how all that will work out. For now, [...]
Follow Me!
Posted in Christian faith, Christian Living, Devotional Readings, Discipleship, Great reading, Jesus, Reformed Theology, Spirituality, Transformation on January 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Reading Matthew 4 this morning I was again struck by how this very simple passage communicates such profound and (possibly) unnerving truths about Jesus. Jesus shows up at the Sea of Galilee, and proceeds to call his first disciples. There is no promotional tour, no bus with a banner, no advertising campaign. Jesus just shows [...]
What I am doing- DaveGroenenboom: Looking forward to preaching at +Gateway Community Church tomorrow morning. Loving the way the message of Jesus… https://t.co/o0ty46y7 May 26, 2012
- DaveGroenenboom: Sitting in a regional church meeting for the CRCA, where reports are given on what happened at our recent Synod.… https://t.co/pftoTSTa May 26, 2012
- DaveGroenenboom: Why I love the work of International Justice Mission: 42 men, women and children freed from slavery. Read the story… https://t.co/tkCi5sEb May 25, 2012
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