Living the Kingdom on Earth
Discipleship (Page 5)
A Billionaire’s Testimony Fortune Magazine quotes a comment made by billionaire H.Ross Perot: “Guys, just remember, if you get real lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you go out and buy a lot of stuff—it’s gonna break. You got your biggest, fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It’s got […]
Chuck Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship, shared the story of being invited to preach at tough San Quentin Prison. He eagerly looked forward to this opportunity since 300 of the 2,200 inmates had agreed to come to the chapel to hear him. A cache of weapons, however, were found by prison officials days before […]
A True Story In 1928, a very interesting case came before the courts in Massachusetts. It concerned a man who had been walking on a boat dock when suddenly he tripped over a rope and fell into the cold, deep water of an ocean bay. He came up sputtering and yelling for help and then […]
One night a shoemaker named Conrad had a dream that the next day Jesus was coming to his humble shop. He got up early the next morning, and went to the woods to gather green boughs to decorate his shop, in order to receive so great a Guest. Stood Up By Jesus? He waited all […]
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who could best depict “perfect peace” in a painting. Many artists entered the contest. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only 2 he really liked, and he had to choose between them. Painting a Portrait of Peace One picture […]
God’s Son, Jesus, is described in Scripture both as the Lamb of God and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. There’s a certain tension in that imagery. Lambs are known as weak and helpless animals. Lions are known as bold and strong animals. Even though lions are not known to attack humans as a […]
The last words a dying person speaks to his/her loved ones are usually full of meaning and significance. This is especially true of the dying Jesus on the cross. The 4 Gospels record the 7 last sayings of Christ in their Passion narratives of Christ’s crucifixion. Let us take a look at one of these […]
A mother was busily writing letters at her desk as her little girl played in another room with a doll. After some time, she called her daughter to come and sit on her lap. The little girl said: “Mommy, I’m so glad you called for me. I love you so much.” “Do you darling?” she […]
One particular Sunday morning, a Pastor was running a little overtime on his message. He noticed his wife in the second row pointing to the Timex watch on her wrist. He became a bit flustered and mixed up some of his words. He said, “The Lord took 5,000 barley loaves and 2,000 fishes, fed 5 […]
Last week’s blog was entitled “Bragging About God“. I looked at the first line of the Lord’s Prayer that Jesus used as a template to teach His disciples to pray: “Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name” (Mathew 6:9). I believe that Jesus prayed that first because a human being’s greatest need […]