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 »
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 [...]
God wants you to flourish
Posted in Christian faith, Comfort, Devotional Readings, Grace, Mission, Presence, Reformed Theology, Spirituality, Transformation, Worldview on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is no secret that from within the general camp of what might be called Reformed Evangelicalism there are a number of people who view God as a stern master whose primary interest is to impose rules, expose sin, and generally fume about how bad the world is. Make no mistake: humanity is deeply and [...]