A tug of war between our culture and our Christ

Our Culture or Our Christ

“’Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one.’” Luke 10:41-42 Studying the Bible can be very challenging—if we let it. Recently, as I was continuing my study of the gospel of John, I came to the story of Mary pouring oil on Jesus’ feet. A well-known story, one I didn’t expect to yield much that was new[…]

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So many targets. Which do I aim at?

Getting Your Eyes Back on God’s Target

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV “Lean not on your own understanding”—that’s a tough one. It’s easy to think we have it all together, that we know what we’re doing. But we don’t see the BIG picture that God sees, and that means we[…]

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