Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.” (Matthew 8:21, 22 ESV) This verse bothered me for a while when I first read it. How could Jesus be so insensitive,… Continue reading Full Time Follower
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Following the Leader
So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” John 6:67-69 Jesus says these words to his disciples after an especially heated argument… Continue reading Following the Leader
One Big Dysfunctional Family
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought…One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another,… Continue reading One Big Dysfunctional Family