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Look around you. They are everywhere.
People who haven’t quite come to the end of themselves. Are you one? I often am.
People still thinking if they just try a little harder, or get a little luckier, or have a little more money, or get just...
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Last time we talked about how the Kingdom of God comes TO us and THROUGH us. But how does the Kingdom of God come IN us?
Jesus came to announce the good news that a new reality was in play for all people. The Kingdom of God, that previously had b...
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“The Kingdom of God is near you.”
This was the core message of Jesus. Everything He said and taught came through the lens of this new reality He came into the world to announce. He was saying that the reality of God’s presence and working...
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So here’s a recap of what we’ve discovered so far:
1) If we get to know Jesus in the Gospels we will be able to more accurately recognize Him around us today.
2) When we recognize Him around us today, we will be able to follow Him, join Him, be a...
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What happens when you follow Jesus around in the Gospels? You get to know Him.
When we join the crowds following Jesus around, when we join the inner circle of disciples, when we watch what is going on and wrestle with what He is actually saying, we ...
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It sounds relatively simple. “Get to know Jesus.” But how do you actually do that?
I knew how to worship Jesus, obey Jesus’ words, have faith in Jesus. But get to know Him as a person? Is that even possible?
What I have found is that it...
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If you want to follow Jesus, you have to be able to recognize Him when you see Him.
John the Baptist made it easy on Andrew. John 1:36 says, “When he saw Jesus passing by, John the Baptist said [to Andrew], ‘Look, the Lamb of God!” So, Andre...
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It has taken me a couple decades to realize and be convinced of this:
It is not what you know that will change the world. It is what you do with what you know that will change the world.
That may be the main trouble with the North American church. W...