Posts under ‘Bible Reflection’

I almost thought of calling this post “What I’m Learning” but I decided it was far too broad, and doesn’t actually tell you anything about this post. But this will, in fact, be all about what I’m learning. This whole post is about a process God has been taking me through that started around New [...]

I’ll admit that while I was writing Part II, there were a few uncomfortable moments where I thought, “Mike, this is a really audacious claim you’re making. You mean to tell me that you actually think you were worth the great God of this universe allowing his only son to die a gruesome death for [...]

In Part I, I briefly discussed how I believe that one of the most central questions to the human existence is “Am I worth something?” Almost every sin pattern I can think of has its origins in a  process of answering this question apart from God. If we were confident in our worth and identity as God declares it, we [...]

The more ministry I do, the more I’m beginning to believe that most people’s deep hurts and struggles with faith center around a pretty simple question:
“Am I really worth something?”
And I don’t just think it’s just church people asking this. I’m a pretty strong believer in the idea that most human beings live their lives primarily [...]

This is the last of my three-part (for now) series on the power of grace. I hope you’ve come even just a little bit closer to knowing deeply the richness of God’s grace. But before I write anything more, I want you to watch this video and do your best to emotionally engage. Feel it as deeply as you [...]

In my last post, I shared about how I’ve struggled to boldly speak truth to others because I fear messing it up, even if my intentions are good. This blog post is going to deal with how we can respond to difficult responses to our truth-telling when we acted in ignorance or foolishness, even if [...]

This post marks the kickoff to a three-part blog series on the power of grace. But I intend on blogging about grace for a long time to come, so don’t think that I’m going to stay at three parts forever. I hope the series would rock your world and free your soul.
To start, I would like to [...]

For those of you who don’t memorize all of my blog posts, let me remind you that StrengthsFinder calls me a futurist. That means I’m always thinking about what’s next. I think God knew about my futurist tendencies when he decided to begin calling me toward relationship with him. Not many people know this, but my [...]

At our Southside New Life Team gathering a couple nights, we reflected on a difficult reality of the Christmas season: misrepresenations of Jesus. At the time of year when America collectively celebrates something that at least has its origins in the birth of the Messiah, our nation’s misconceptions of Jesus become considerably more public. It results in [...]

So in my last post I spent some time introducing the tension between God’s relentless grace and the concept of rewards in heaven. I’m not sure there is a really simple resolution to this tension, but recently I’ve had considerably more peace about the issue.
First, I think it might help to understand what our reward will be. I don’t still [...]