There is the potential for a huge divide between what we are on the inside and what others perceive us to be. How others perceive me is my image, who I really am is shaped by my character. You may have heard it said that character is determined by “what I do when no one […]
Archives for March 2016
The same power
These words have bothered me. I agree that they are true, I agree that Jesus has demonstrated that power to us. But singing them brought up some questions in my mind.
The reason for our existence
The greatest danger of any organization is to lose sight of its reason for existence. This is especially true for the church.
No room for self-pity
I do a lot of whining to God. One one hand, God is the perfect target of whining because he can take it, and he can bring correct to me and the situation that I’m whining about. But in thinking about this, I realize that there is no room for self-pity in Christian maturity.
