From Questions, Two Applications
Nobody likes me, everybody hates meI think I'll go eat worms! Have you ever heard that old child's rhyme? Normally it is said with a sad voice...but maybe its not such bad news after all. The past few posts have considered the Christian life from the vantage point of it being life in the New …
Have you ever suffered? I am not looking for anything rare or severe. Have you in your personal experience suffered? It may have been on or in your body. Maybe it was emotionally, financially, relationally, mentally, spiritually...the human experience is so vast it really is impossible to make an exhaustive list, yet I hope you …
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Jesus taught his disciples in Mark 9:35, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." Before we look closer at that verse we need to realize a couple of things about its surroundings. This is the second explicit statement Jesus has made regarding discipleship. Earlier in 8:34 …
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The Reforming Raker 