Posts Tagged ‘materialism

Pods.

In: discipleship

30 Jul 2008

I’m sitting here waiting for the trucks to pull up and haul all my possessions away. Two thoughts:
1. It’s humbling to know that all my “stuff” can fit in three 16 foot PODs. A good reminder that I don’t need to hold tightly to the stuff of this world.
2. It’s also humbling to know that [...]

I have a confession to make. I am an idolater. And this is a picture of my idol.
I really thought I had matured beyond this paganism, that by studying and practicing Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount I had moved to a higher plane of spirituality. Maybe I thought I had achieved a sort of “Christian [...]


study, practice, teach

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel

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