Shard from my journal from 3 years ago……. Jesus’ tough love….. Jesus called Simon Peter “satan” for being used by the devil to try to dissuade Jesus from following through on his mission that included his own death. He told Simon...
Jesus also told them to “go and sin no more..” If they continued sinning he didn’t love them less, but they were not included in the fellowship of followers or given the keys to the kingdom…..There are two parts to relationship with God…....
“Bummer lambs”……..A lot of people feel that way in life and need the tender one-on-one care of The Good Shepherd to experience the feeling of being truly loved! I’ve often felt that God creates some of us with a profound depth of loneliness in our...
Thinking About One’s Progress Toward Christian Perfection……… 6/9/21 CBB As part of a discussion of the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection, we have been tossing around individual perspectives on what it looks like to pursue sanctification and arrive at...
What a precious morning! Pastor Craig Carter preached on a sacred 4-letter word-“Love”. From Romans 8:31-35,37-39 God’s genuine love convinces us that God is on our side. The God of heaven is for me, not against It also connects us to God. Nothing can separate us...
May 22, 2020, 5:14 PM Someone wrote “the highest value in America is freedom. The highest value in the Bible is love “ The highest VIRTUE (attribute of God that originates with God and is revealed and defined by the Word of God) is LOVE that is sacrificial-...
