“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your [...]
It was all he could do, but it was beautiful to my ears.
Last Friday morning, I lead singing at a local nursing home devotional service conducted by members of 16th & Pile. To my right was a man who lay the entire time reclined in chair. I never once saw him open his eyes. Upon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2009
The Sermon on the Mount, I believe, is both loved by us and in ways lost to us. We need it in more than we can imagine. From it we understand our roles as “salt” and “light” (5:13-16). Deep-seated convictions are carved from it (cf. Matthew 5:31-32). Without question, from both the remote and specific [...]
Posted in Christian Life, Faith, Jesus on Jul 23rd, 2009
Scripture humbles us. It shows us how little we know and how little we are. Believe it or not, I’ve grown to love Scripture for that reason.
Those for whom Scripture is important have their favorite passages, and our fidelity to the text is important to us. And it should be. But before we emphasize this [...]
Jesus was accused of casting out demons by Beelzebub the “prince of demons” (Mark 3:22), a sign of the great lengths to which his adversaries would go to discredit him. It was an absurd notion void of all common sense. Jesus, though, seized it and illustrated its foolishness with:
How can Satan cast out Satan? [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2009
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