In China, I hold a green card. However, I also have a spiritual passport that says Heaven. Jesus says I was reborn and began a new life. A new life already began when I believed. I Peter notes that new in our belief, we are babies who need good spiritual milk. Hebrews talks about new babies who are not thriving. It is a hard to leave our old life or even family, cultural or national culture, but Jesus died that …
The New York Times has an article up that men centrally need a sense of purpose. Women do to, but men need more. Does God have a purpose for each man? Sure. When we reach out to men, we need to connect them with God’s purpose for their lives. Let me share my story. When I was 10 or 11 in my no faith family, I had a vision of life before me. It was a blackness that I could …
It, Consistent readers of the Main Thing know that I have some tendencies in the Autistic realm and grew up in a house determined to repress all feelings. Therefore, I especially had something to learn about loving God with my heart. I will convey that story below the Bible passages. It might help some readers to consider deeper what Jesus said. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind …
What is holiness? I may be chewing more than I can manage with such a huge question. I sang about holiness, read that God is holy, and did not really know holiness till I was doubting and rebelling against God in my depression at age 27. I could hardly read the Bible as my doubts grew. One day in my darkness, I happened upon the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw …
