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Blindness, Tools, Strategy, and AnalgesicsThere’s a formation happening in the world that feels natural.Almost automatic.Like gravity again… but this time, something is bending the field.Not just pulling.Distorting.And if Part 1 showed us that…
The Insight That Changes Everything.In Part 1, we established something that sounds simple but lands hard once it really sinks in:You are always being discipled.Not occasionally. Not when you’re paying attention. Always.But here’s what most people…
Why Discipleship Is Always Happening
There’s a quiet force at work in your life right now.
You didn’t wake up thinking about it. You didn’t plan around it. You didn’t even notice it.
And yet… it’s shaping you.
Forming the way we think, feel, act,…
Part 3: Falling Off the High HorseStatus-seeking disciples, church conflict, and the path back to gloryIf you want proof that status is hard to kill, look at the disciples.They walked with Jesus. Ate with Jesus. Heard Him predict His death. And they…
How Jesus handled status, from glory to swaddling clothIf status is a ladder, Jesus looked at it and walked the other direction.Philippians says He was “in the form of God” and yet He emptied Himself. Not because He lost glory, but because He…
Part 1: The Status Engine: Why we keep ranking ourselves… even when we swear we’re not There’s a line from a Christmas song that grabbed me by the collar and wouldn’t let go:“From a throne of endless glory… to a cradle in the dirt.”That phrase is a…
By Dr. Jim Wilder and Ed Khouri(Part 2 of 10 from the article, “Through the Eyes of Heaven: Does ‘Talking It Through to Find Peace’ bring Shalom?”) When what people say about us — or how we are treated — does not fit who we believe we are, we feel…
(Part 1 of 10 from the article, “Through the Eyes of Heaven: Does ‘Talking It Through to Find Peace’ bring Shalom?”) by Ed Khouri & Dr. Jim WilderFor your heart will always pursue what you value as your treasure. Matthew 6:21, The Passion…
"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." (John 3:8 NKJV).Christmas is the season when wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, and boxes…
You and I cannot follow Jesus with one foot and our adversary and the principles of the world with the other. Recently, on a cross-country RV trip, I discovered something new about parking overnight in campgrounds. Each evening, our RV was…
For the word of the LORD is right and true; He is faithful in all he does. Psalm 33:4 (NIV) Faithfulness is becoming harder to find.Everywhere I turn, our culture seems to revel in unfaithfulness. Truth is hidden when social media and talk shows…
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? James 2:14 NIV. Looking around these days, it seems like too many of us who claim to be Christians have been seduced into the…
For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? For we are not like…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.- Proverbs 3:5-6There is a lot of fear, pain, and wrong thinking rattling around in the…
