Are we no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet?
The Jesus Manifesto (Matthew 5-7) continues with Jesus laying out for us what we need to be like in this …
Tag Archives: Jesus
How do we achieve right standing with God?
How much of what we do “for Jesus” is done to be seen by others? Probably too much. Jesus is …
How do we uninstall gossip?
Why this is important: Jesus decides to return to His hometown. When He got there, some men carried a paraplegic …
What is the great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide?
The big deal: When it was time to give birth to Jesus, no one had room for Him. So Mary …
Are Your Fears Legion?
Here is a guest article from Mandy Sweigart-Quinn. Mandy is known as the Blue Collar Theologian (www.bluecollartheologian.blog)! She loves Jesus, His …
Is obedience thicker than blood?
God’s goal: Jesus is clear with us. The most important thing in our life is to obey God. That is …
How important is it for people to see God’s salvation, Jesus the Messiah, before they see death?
Why this is important: When God makes a promise, He is true to His word. His Spirit gives power to …
What impresses us?
Jesus wants to know. Am I impressed with what man can build? Really? That impresses me? As he walked away …
Did Jesus come to abolish the Law?
Jesus continues His manifesto (found in Matthew 5-7). There is a lot to learn here. Jesus is being clear, as …
Is God angry I came back home?
There is good news, for all of us. Jesus has a heart for the lost and those who have missed …
Was Isaiah correct about Jesus?
Is God with us? Yes!! Now that is very good news. Jesus was born to the virgin Mary. He lived …
Can we overcome temptation through prayer?
We have good news. We can overcome temptation by prayer. God will listen and give us strength. Earlier in the …
Do we know who holds the future?
I don’t know the future. I don’t know what the future holds. I do know who holds it. Thank you …
Joseph had a lot on his plate. What to name Jesus wasn’t one of them.
Joseph had a lot to deal with. What to name the Son of God was not one of them. God’s …
Are we the ones who are going ‘to get’ what Jesus is saying?
It is sad that Jesus knows that not matter how He communicates the message, some of us aren’t going to …
What are we working for?
What am I working for? Jesus wants to know. Jesus has some commands for me on this. I must act …
Will our mouths hang open when Jesus answers?
The main thing: Jesus has a serious question for us. Jesus wants an answer. Jesus will patiently wait. Jesus …
Where do you get cursing a fig tree?
Why in the world would Jesus curse the fig tree? What was He up to? This happened during the week before …
Did God create the family?
God’s goal: Family is foundational in the new agreement in God’s country where Jesus is King. God wants us to …
Does an empty-head think mischief is fun?
What do we enjoy beyond anything else? God’s goal is for us to delight in wisdom. We should love wisdom …
What is the nature of gentleness like? How can we have more in our lives?
I have seen it too often. So, have you. Something that starts simple escalates. It turns into all-out war. My …
Will Jesus heal us?
Jesus challenges us. Jesus wants us to believe. When we do, Jesus is loving, kind and faithful. Jesus wants to …
Is Jesus the Messiah the Son of God the Father?
In John’s Gospel in particular, the terms Son/Father are used many times to speak of Jesus the Messiah’s unique relationship …
Are we ready for the harvest and the work?
We are good at looking around at nature and figuring out what time of year it is. We can see …
When will we start listening to Jesus?
Jesus challenges us for a full out, no holds barred commitment. No half way measures. No kind sorta thinking. No …
How much mercy and compassion do we need from Jesus?
‘Mercy’ is compassion for people in need. We can distinguish it from ‘grace’. The Greek noun eleos (mercy) … always …
What does God want us to know about how He works?
God wants us to understand how He takes care of us. Jesus said “Do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall …
Do we know God and how He works?
Jesus challenges us: The challenge is to not worry and live for what God wants to accomplish today. God takes …
What should I do when someone is begging for money?
It is a challenge. I see the homeless. Do I give them some money? Won’t they just use it to …
How is my spirit doing? Is it poor or rich?
What does it mean to be “poor in spirit”? Poor in spirit means that you feel you have no moral riches …
What are the characteristics of unbelievers, atheists and sceptics?
The way I see it: Our mission of bringing the good news of Jesus to the world is especially challenging …
What is Slacktivism?
Here is a guest article from Mandy Sweigart-Quinn. Mandy is known as the Blue Collar Theologian (www.bluecollartheologian.blog)! She loves Jesus, His …
Does true exaltation come from God? What about self-exaltation?
Why it matters: Exaltation is the lifting up or raising on high of a person, in words or actions. The …
Are we going to be to be a “living sacrifice” for Jesus? Will let Him have all our strengths that have been saved and sanctified?
What it is about: It is not about dying. It is all about living. Living the life God gives us through …
Are foolish arguments a waste of time and effort?
Scripture portrays fools as those who have rejected God and his ways and are unable or unwilling to appreciate the …
Why do I doubt Jesus?
Am I a doubter? If I am honest, yes, there are times I doubt. So did some of the …
What should our focus be on?
It is none of my business. That is the stunning message from Jesus that He wants me to know. I …
Is joyful ecstasy a corporate experience? Where is the joy in our worship?
Sometimes joyful experiences are individual. Sometimes they are corporate. The early church included an element of ecstatic prophecy. John describes …
How can we endure change?
God is God. God has always existed and always will. Jesus is God’s son and has always existed with God. …
What does it take to be happy?
Jesus didn’t call me to be a Christian. He called me to be His disciple. Jesus is my Master. I …
Are we slaves to fear?
The Holy Spirit is “the Spirit of adoption” The word adoption in the New Testament means “being placed as an …
Think bold and aim big. Be blessed. God is with us.
Anytime of year is a good time to assess where I am and where I am going. I don’t …
Was Jesus the Messiah submissive and vulnerable?
The idea of a sacrificial system might seem strange to us today, the concept of payment or restitution is still …
Is our faith in Jesus only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone?
Jesus challenges us to go beyond fads and initial enthusiasm in our commitment to Him and God’s way. Our initial …
Can we examine ourselves? Are we fit in our spiritual relationship with God?
God’s goal: God has given me a goal. I need to keep in step with Jesus. Jesus kept on track. …
Are we seeing the glory of Jesus today?
Mothers, you have to love them. They want us to do something. We might as well do it. Jesus …
Did John the baptizer promise that the Messiah would cleanse us with the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
John’s preaching centered on repentance and the kingdom of heaven. The word repent means “to change one’s mind and act …
Where was our Messiah Jesus supposed to be born?
Why it matters: Follow this. This is not what we envision. The wise and the rich saw His star and were …
How powerful is the power of God?
What Jesus said blew His disciples away. It was stunning. Am I hearing Jesus properly? Am I stunned? Am …
Are we trying to impress others?
Here is something for me to assess. Am I being pretentious? Am I pretending and showing off what I have …
Have we been warned about falsely attributing blame?
A fellow disciple of Jesus expresses an opinion. We blame them for being weak in their faith. It happens a …
Is Jesus warning us?
Jesus challenges us. Jesus warns us. Jesus wants us to listen to Him carefully. Jesus is clear. Jesus has important …
Why is Jesus angry and indignant? What upsets Him so much?
Attempts to prevent access to Yeshua [Jesus] generates anger Jesus gets angry. Jesus gets indignant. Jesus is not Mr. Rogers …
“In our natural life our ambitions are our own. In the Christian life we have no aim of our own, and God’s aim looks like missing the mark because we are too short-sighted to see what he is aiming at.” ~Oswald Chambers
Our ambition is very dangerous. It leads to God-denying and hubris, thinking we are God. We are not God. God …
Do we see Jesus and know He is our salvation?
When God makes a promise, He is true to His word. His Spirit gives power to the word and it …
What does it mean when Jesus says “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”
Did God abandon Jesus? It is a stunning question. From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around midafternoon …
Will we happy if we are obedient to Jesus?
Jesus asks very penetrating questions of us. Jesus is patient. Jesus is waiting for our answer. What will we say? …
Is Satan fighting Satan? What does Jesus think?
Jesus challenges us to be clear about the battle Satan is waging and who he is going after. Satan is …
What is the stunning conclusion we can make about the crucifixion of Jesus?
A crucifixion is a most painful, cruel, and protracted form of execution which involved the victim being roped or nailed …
Is sin a cancellation of a debt?
What matters the most: Sin is pictured as a debt, and the sinner as a debtor. Accordingly, the word represents sin …
Can we experience the joy of our Master Jesus today?
Why this is important: Experience the joy of our Master [the Lord] today. There is nothing like it. The joy …
How important is baptism?
I came to Jesus and decided to follow Him at the age of 12. I was immediately baptized in water. …
What should we hunger and thirst after?
Jesus continues with His radical Manifesto (Matthew 5-7). We all know what it is like to be hungry or thirsty. …
Are Christians described as brothers?
I am a person who believes in God and the work of His Son Jesus. We are a people of …
Is heaven a divine gift from God?
In the New Testament, the word “heaven” is found most often in Matthew (84 times). The author of Matthew often …
Is Mary’s pregnancy Spirt conceived?
Joseph had a lot to deal with. What to name the Son of God wasn’t one of them. God’s angel …
What do we know about atonement?
What we know: The dictionary definition of atonement is satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury or making amends. Jesus …
What are the requirements to be a disciple [apprentice] of Jesus?
God brings salvation to us as an unconditional act. A disciple is a student who is learning. That is a …
Does Jesus have power and authority over everything?
The main thing: What is this all about? It is about the pre-eminence of king Yeshua [Jesus]. So, look in …
Does God’s blessing make life rich? Is there anything we can do to improve on God?
God is God and He is perfect. There is nothing God needs from us. There is nothing we can do …
Does Jesus the Messiah show us the way when it comes to self control?
Yeshua [Jesus] is our model for self-control. In His suffering He clearly showed it. He could have called down the …
Should we be happy in Jesus?
Get up! It is a stunning day in paradise. God is in a good mood. Jesus is smiling. Be happy! …
Are fools undone by their big mouths? Are their souls crushed by their words?
What matters the most: Scripture portrays fools as those who have rejected God and/or his ways and are unable or …
Are we ready to change our minds and act differently about gentleness?
Worth noting: What is my attitude? How should I act? What do I think God has in store for me? …
How is the evaluation of ministries commended by Jesus?
What we know: Jesus warns about false prophets. He does this many times. Jesus is clear that not every minister or …
When we worship God will we do it out of our very being, our spirits, our true selves, and in adoration?
Jesus knows how to worship God, our Father. Jesus challenges us to worship God the right way. It has to come …
Is mercifulness an attitude of compassion and care?
Mercifulness is an attitude of compassion and care, grounded in the nature of God himself, made manifest in the life …
Should we take Jesus seriously?
I know what Jesus is saying. I say “is” in the present tense. I hear Him. The questions are these: …
Should we defer to the wisdom of the aged?
The elderly can be seen as burdens rather than blessings. Sometimes we are quick to forget the sacrifices our parents …
Do we see God in every place? Are we blind to seeing God in any place?
God is God and is everywhere. There is no place we can flee from God. Jesus challenges us to see what …
Will we listen to Jesus? Will we act on what He says?
What does Jesus want from me? Jesus wants me to listen. Jesus wants me to be a good and faithful servant. …
How important is rest?
How important is rest? God needed it and got it. Jesus needed it and got it. Even in the middle of a …
How should we act knowing that hell is real?
Can we choose not to go to hell? The answer is yes. Hell is real. What matters the most: The punishment of …
Is the reality of God plain?
God is in a good mood but God is God. As humans mistrust God, justice and judgement cries out for …
Is kindness shown by God’s people?
First Corinthians 13 stands as one of the most famous chapters in the Bible. The subject is love, and many …
Should we be foolish or understand what the Master’s will is?
What we know: I need to wake up from my sleep. I need to get up out of my coffin. …
Can you feel in your soul how good God is?
God is good. God is good all the time. God will be good tomorrow and every day after. Can you …
Do we desperately need more kindness in our lives?
I desperately need more kindness and compassion in my life. I need to judge less and love more. That is …
Will Jesus the Messiah rule the nations with justice?
In the New Testament, Yeshua [Jesus] extends the Torah even further in terms of justice. He states, “Do not think …
Does God give us more to do than He has power to enable us to accomplish?
Faith is speaking to me. Faith tells me that no matter what lies ahead, God is already there. God doesn’t …
Is justice important to Jesus?
How is God’s justice declared? Justice is a term used for what is right or “as it should be.” Justice is …
Will this surprise us?
The end game: When I scan the biblical story, I can’t help concluding that following Jesus brings a life of surprises. …
Has God has made his commands and requirements known?
There is a lot of confusion about how we know about the word of God. Has God mad his commands …
Are we ready to be compassionate?
Compassion is an attitude of care and concern, grounded in pity and sympathy towards others, given to us by Jesus. …
Are believers united with Jesus the Messiah in his crucifixion?
Why it matters: If a man is justified by the works of the Law, then why did Jesus the Messiah die? …
Mourning
Here is a guest article from Mandy Sweigart-Quinn. Mandy is known as the Blue Collar Theologian (www.bluecollartheologian.blog)! She loves Jesus, His …
Does the patience of Jesus lead to salvation?
What matters most: Jesus the Messiah’s life was lived under the shadow of the cross. He was concerned that people should …
Is the loyalty of God’s people important?
What matters most: In our relationships with one another, we are called to steadfast loyalty. Paul speaks of his “loyal companion” in Philippians 4:3. …
Is our life steep in God and His reality?
We all have the same amount of time every day. Jesus challenges us to use it to focus on it …
Will we learn how to be obedient?
We have a lot to learn about obedience. We have a great teacher in Jesus the Messiah. What matters the …
