Encouragment: Much more than ‘being nice’
– By Ron Simkins I have been claiming for several weeks now that being a community that wants to be encouraging is one of the most counter-cultural, Jesus-like things we
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What does encouragement look like?
– By Jim Linder As a pastor and teacher I want to be a good communicator. I know I sat through many class lectures in college as well as many
Read MoreAn Alternative Culture: Learning to BEG (Part II)
– By Ron Simkins In last week’s blog post, I was encouraging us to become a “community of beggars” and to be humble enough to “beg” as individuals—Build others up,
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– By Ron Simkins What is “Jesus’ Way of Living?” It seems clear in some respects, if we look at the counter-cultural way Jesus lived and what he taught. However,
Read MoreIs there a third way to do relationships?
– By Ron Simkins In Homer’s myth, Odysseus had to choose which deadly sea monster he and his fellow sailors would confront—Scylla or Charybdis. A more recent saying that captures
Read MoreFreedom always has two sides
– By Ron Simkins The Biblical writers are insistent that “freedom” always has two dimensions, not one. Freedom is always both freedom FROM & freedom TO. Another way to say
Read MoreMary, who the Risen Jesus Knew By Name
– By Ron Simkins We don’t know much about this particular Mary, and much of what most people think they know isn’t true (there is no real evidence, for instance,
Read MoreWasting Yourself on Jesus
– By Ron Simkins Both John 12 and Mark 14 recount an event in which a woman responds to Jesus in a strange and unique way. Mary, who is from
Read MoreSocial Justice = Communism & Nazism?
-By Ron Simkins (in response to an open letter to Glenn Beck by Jim Wallis: http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/12/an-invitation-to-glenn-beck/) I did not hear him say it first hand, but apparently Glenn Beck recently made
Read MoreRethinking God’s Love for Us
– By Ron Simkins, based on his teaching on March 7 Many of us want to experience God’s love in deeper ways, so we participate in a variety of personal
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