We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks.
Is it possible that Jesus, unlike 98 percent of his fellow Jews, was literate and educated? Yes, it's possible.
Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.
Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.
The heart of the gospel is that you don't know Jesus without the witness of the church. It's always mediated.
God is always there to pick each time you fall. He's always there with a word of comfort in the midst of the storm. Trust Jesus!
There are no perfect human beings and even those who we pray such as Allah, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna among others, were not perfect.
If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way?
As I watched them file down the stairs, I didn't cry and I wasn't afraid. But I couldn't tell if it was Jesus or the gin.
I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.
Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.
The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment.
Out of humility I label not myself or others. All I can say is this; God is my Father. Jesus is my Savior. And the Holy Spirit dwells in me.
I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.
There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus
The law says do good be right. Grace says Jesus made you right so now you are good.
The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, but the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can!
Reading the scriptures through the lenses of the Law you see God as unapproachable, through the lenses of Grace you see the outstretched arms of Jesus saying "come".
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.
