Selfish. Is it evil to be selfish? Certainly selfishness is a characteristic that is frowned upon in early childhood schooling. You need to be a team player. You need to love other people. You need to invest your time and your energy in making the world a better place. You need to put God first.
Tag: God’s Love
Changing the Conversation
Matthew is perhaps most famous for writing one of the four gospel accounts about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Not only did Matthew write what would end up being one of the four authoritative, preserved, and passed down accounts of the life of Christ, Matthew was also famously one of the original twelve
It’s Good News
It’s good news. It’s not bad news. The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news. Salvation, healing, restoration, blessings, abundance, peace, fulfillment, joy, and success are all good news. Jesus conquered sin and death once and for all, granting every person the guaranteed opportunity of eternal life with Him. And, what’s more, Jesus said He wasn’t
The Ownership Secret
God owns everything and yet he chooses to invest it all in others because God designed and uses the ownership secret. Leadership requires understanding and leveraging the ownership secret. Success and fulfillment in work and in life is a result of the ownership secret. Intimacy and trust, satisfaction and connection, love and support in relationships
Up Close and Personal
Isn’t it interesting that usually when people talk about absolute truth they speak in generalities? As if to be absolute a fact has to establish a stereotype and so act as a precursor to prejudice? In this worldview, the believer asserts that God sees all people in the most vague and categorical ways. And so, to
Complex, Flawed, and Victorious
Every life is a story. Every person is a book worth reading. Every human is a complex collage of influences, decisions, and experiences. So, if you are letting your dark and complex past define you, if you are looking at your flaws and thinking they are insurmountable, or telling yourself that you just aren’t capable
Take The Perfect Day Challenge
What is your perfect day? If you could do anything, what would it be? If you had all of the resources you could possibly want, and all of the time in the world, how would you spend it? What would you do? Where would you go? How would you spend your time and money? Who
Overcoming The No Decision Paradox
You cannot abstain from life or the situations you find yourself in. No decision is, in fact, always a decision. And yet, sometimes you don’t see clearly what you want or what choice will yield the best outcome. Sometimes it seems easier to put your head down, close your eyes, and hope that someone else
Living By Grace Starting Today
Living by grace. Free. Bold. Strong. Courageous. Too many people today are struggling to survive and thrive simply because they believe they are not good enough, don’t measure up, and can’t make the cut. They believe that they are not worth God’s time, God’s love, or God’s blessings — and so they don’t even bother
Do You Believe In Grace?
Do you believe in grace? When you ask yourself what you need in order to be successful in life, what do you believe the answer is? When you consider the pursuit of happiness, fulfillment, peace, and joy, what do you identify as the root cause? When you are in the fight of your life for
Salvation
Have you ever been saved? Jesus said that His mission was, “to seek and to save what was lost” – Luke 19 (NIV) So, what was lost? When a sailor is out at sea and a storm comes up, the wind and the waves start pouring over their boat, the engine room floods and
True Love is Specific
I love coffee — the earthy, warm, bold, acidic, smooth, welcoming hospitality of a great cup of coffee sets it apart from other drinks I could choose. There’s something special in a moment set apart to enjoy the aroma, the flavor, and the conversations that come around a well made espresso or french press shared