Month: July 2017

There is one taboo subject in the Church. Staff squeamishly speak of it and congregations  defensively cross arms at the mention of it. Money I imagine most pastors would rather speak of the physical act of lovemaking (err. . . . you know, sex) than to speak of the responsibility of giving charitably. Yet, Jesus … Continue reading Student Loans and the Subject Church Folk Hate Talking About →

10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.  - John 15:10-11 Here Jesus quickly grazes over something that is revolutionary for us. It … Continue reading I Am The Vine Day Four →

8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. - John 15:8-10 The lifeblood … Continue reading I Am The Vine Day Three →

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.  - John 15:5-6 … Continue reading I Am The Vine Day Two →

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. - John 15:1-2 There is a spiritual principle not to overlook here. If we are indeed to be connected to the one … Continue reading I Am The Vine Day One →