I recently saw a Revelation Media 1 hour movie on Jesus life on earth. I appreciated how they portrayed Jesus as a real person with real emotions. However, any movie has difficulty parsing how Jesus did more than die a cruel death. Jesus of all finally said My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The quote is from Psalm 22 which describes his agony in more detail. So Much More Than Die a Cruel Death What does it …
I recently bought an ebook called Five Essentials to Engage Today’s Men. It is done by Barna, so they did good research. It reminded me how hard it is for men to be better than their father. This certainly includes me. From it I learned it is good to be a Christian man. In 10 different areas like mental health, work life balance, and physical health, Christian men, on average, felt better than non Christian men. Men who had intergenerational …
I have read more than once the phrase that we all need a little more grace. The phrase is so true. People may look put together, but people mostly carry a lot of hurt that they do not always realize. Find the 9 Bible verses on Grace from picture here. Jesus said, In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. So everyone has had and will have trouble. We need to see everyone …
The Bible uses some phrases that cause me to wonder if we are different then they are and think we best take notice to consider. For example, do you ever charge anyone before the Lord? Note what Paul wrote here: I Thessalonians 5:27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters. At the start of the letter, Paul praises the Thessalonians for what great Christians they are and actually has no …
