We tend to forget that our behaviors are being scrutinized. Not so much by casual acquaintances and co-workers (although somewhat), but mostly by the children and teenagers in our lives. They don’t look like they are even paying attention. Don’t be fooled. II Chronicles 34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he [Josiah] [...]
Posts Tagged ‘conversion’
Who is Watching?
Posted in Lent, tagged Amon, authenticity, change, conversion, follower of Christ, God, Holy Spirit, II Chronicles, Josiah, Lent, Manasseh, transformation, watching on March 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Onesimus Monday
Posted in Eastertide, tagged change, change agent, conversion, Easter, follower of Christ, follower of Jesus, love, Onesimus, Paul, Philemon, prisoner, transformation, way of Jesus on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to change and then return to one’s old environment. So often, acquaintances and even family can’t see the metamorphosis, or they resist the transformation, or worse, they treat the person as though nothing has happened. It’s obvious, if Onesimus changes, then so must they. Philemon 10-12 I appeal to you for my son [...]
Beguiled
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged beguile, betrayal, conversion, Corinthians, deceit, faith, heart, Paul, trust, way of Jesus on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a dramatic difference between the one who has been beguiled and the one doing the beguiling. Historically, I have used this word for its second meaning (to pass time pleasantly) and assumed its first meaning had a lighthearted coyness to it. Not so. It’s betrayal . . . and it’s intentional. II Corinthians [...]
Compelled to Follow
Posted in Ordinary Time, tagged acceptance, change, conversion, Corinthians, faith, follower of Christ, follower of Jesus, love, Paul, transformation, way of Christ, way of Jesus on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are times in a person’s life that he/she feels compelled, for the sake of faith, to act. I don’t think we can know when that moment will come, but we cannot help but recognize it in hindsight. II Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, [...]
Windows of Opportunity
Posted in Lent, tagged acceptance, choice, conversion, God, Grace, Jesus, love, mercy, mother, opportunity, Paul, Romans, tree, turning point, way of Christ, way of Jesus on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The passage I read today from Romans is not a particular favorite. Talk of cutting off and God’s sternness and unbelief is always difficult. As I contemplated these unpleasant attributes of God, I considered the importance of timing. Romans 11:23 And if they [Israelites] do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for [...]
A Lament
Posted in Lent, tagged change, conversion, faith, hope, lament, loss, love, mercy, Messiah, Paul, prophecy, Romans, truth, way of Christ, way of Jesus on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I think of Paul as a punctilious kind of teacher, quite linearly-minded, regimented, and formal. But then, he surprises me with this verbal requiem over a particular loss he feels in traveling the “new way” in Christ: losing the people and all that was familiar to him to “boldly go” and explore this “strange new [...]
There is No Difference
Posted in Christmas Through Epiphany, tagged conversion, faith, glory of God, God, Grace, love, sacred other, way of Jesus on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our human nature tends to put emphasis on the differences. That person is not like me. Another person is intolerable. Another is irredeemable. This is where grace must step in. Romans 3:22b-24 For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace [...]
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