Giving up control—thus enjoying vacations, Christmas and church—is saying to a loving God, “I don’t care where we go, what we do, or how long it takes, as long as I’m with you.”
God is not in the business of keeping his will from us. To hear some people talk, you would think he was. Jesus said, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother” (Mark 3:35). Most Christians want that kind of relationship, but they don’t know what the will of God is, much less how to do it.
Have you ever met a secular Jesus follower? Well, that’s about to change on today’s Steve Brown, Etc! We’re going to be talking to Tom Krattenmaker on SBE today about his new book, Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower: Finding Answers in Jesus for Those Who Don’t Believe. Don’t miss it!
Jesus prays for God’s children, and in John 17 we hear the incredible things he says to the Father about us. Join Steve as he continues eavesdropping on Jesus’ longest prayer recorded in the Bible and hear what God the Son knows about us.
When it comes to our performance, many of us tend to think in absolutes. We’re either doing well or we’re not.
It’s a miracle the church is still here. If you don’t like misunderstanding, bad communication, sin, anger and confusion, join a service club and stay away from the church.
This one is for those of us who still love and want to follow Christ, but who are just so very weary of the gathering of his followers.