When we find out Who He (Jesus) is, then we find out who we are and it forever settles what we believe.
He advocated that all who follow Jesus are priests, not just the official clergy. Much of what he said made sense, as did his kind manner. But why was he here now? Had this persecuted recluse emerged just to speak to me?
Stand by; for I am holier than you!" What a parody on holiness! Jesus the Holy One is the humble One: the holiest will ever be the humblest. There is none holy but God: we have as much of holiness as we have of God.
Many came to Jesus expecting him to solve their problems. Instead he helped them to connect to their own faith and their own wisdom.
Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Acts 13:38
People respond when they are taught, and that primarily by example, rather than preached at. Jesus modeled just this approach in His life." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]
We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.
No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.
This is how I roll: Joined with Jesus at the hip rid'in the roller coaster to the end which is the beginning of Life eternal" ~R. Alan Woods [2012]
I am so glad that Jesus does not say, “Practice more spiritual disciplines.” He says, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.
His life spells living. Your life or my life, apart from Him, spells death.
Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.
No one has ever been deeply changed by an act of the will. The only thing that can re-forge and change a life at its root, is love.
Spiritual friends help us most when they make clear that their job is to point the way, not to lead the way. And the Way to which they should point is Jesus.
messy spirituality is the delirious consequence of a life ruined by a Jesus who will love us right into his arms.
A grieving son was given the opportunity to write parting words on a card at his mother's funeral. He quoted the verse, "And morning came and Jesus was standing on the shore.
We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead.
His eyes, green with yellow sparks, and with elongated pupils like a cat’s, made his grandmother gasp and say: ‘Jesus! He has the devil’s eyes!
We need to get to the heart of each heart issue—and we can’t do it. Only the Maker can. The world needs #Jesus.
Author says writing about Jesus is difficult because it is like writing about a friend "who is still liable to surprise us.
If the Gospel of Jesus is relational, that is, if our brokenness will be fixed not by our understanding of theology but by God telling us who we are, then this would require a kind of intimacy of which only Heaven knows.
