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Mike Glenn, author of The Gospel of Yes, was featured on RelevantMagazine.com. Clickhere to read the excerpt, “Why a ‘You Complete Me’ Romance Is Incomplete.”
Mike Glenn, author of The Gospel of Yes, was featured on RelevantMagazine.com. ClickThe Huffington Post. The book was also reviewed on usmilitary.com and pjmedia.com.
FEARLESS: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm was reviewed onWe can never get enough grace.
If there’s such a thing as a favorite theologian, Martin Luther tops my list. A sixteenth-century German monk, Luther stumbled upon the concept of grace while reading the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans: “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17, KJV).
Up until that time, Luther had spent his life trying to atone for his own sins, beating himself and spending hours on his knees confessing his sins, and then agonizing in case he forgot one.
But once the light bulb went on and he realized that it truly is by grace alone that we are saved and by grace alone that we live, he became one of the greatest grace teachers of all time. The just shall live by faith, which comes solely by grace.
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After reaching a point of desperation and demanding that God show up and provide some direction, my eyes were opened. God wanted me to relax. He wanted me to be me, using gifts he had given me. He wanted me to concentrate on doing things I was good at, things that utilized the best of who I was. He wanted me to enjoy my life and my work for him. So I began to pay attention to the way I was wired. What was I created to do, and what had I been trying to do for which I had no real talent or gifts?
Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 12 that every believer has been given gifts to serve the body of Christ. He also reminds us that no one person has all the gifts. This way the [ … ]
, the author of The New Times bestseller Mary C. Neal, MDTo Heaven and Back, wrote a guest blog on the Huffington Post about the lesson she learned about gratitude and joy from her drowning experience while kayaking on a South American river.
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Cleaning House Author Kay Wills Wyma discusses how and why her “Mom’s 12 -Month Experiement to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement” all began! ClickI was so broken and longing for something transcendent, for something higher than anything this world has to offer, that I decided to go to church. I didnt even change my clothes. I jumped up and ran out the door.
I arrived late and found my way to the only seats still available, in the balcony.
It wasnt long before I realized how different everything was in this place. I immediately sensed the distinctiveness of God. In the music, in the message, and in the mingling afterward, it was clear that God, not I, was the guest of honor there. Having suffered the bankruptcy of our societys emphasis on self-fulfillment, I was remarkably refreshed to discover a place that focused on the centrality of God.
I didnt understand everything the preacher said that morning, and I didnt like all the [ … ]
I want neither a blood-n-guts religion that would make Clint Eastwood, not Jesus, our hero; nor a speculative religion that would imprison the gospel in the halls of academia; nor a noisy, feel-good religion that is a naked appeal to emotion. I long for passion, intelligence, and compassion in a church without ostentation, gently beckoning to the world to come and enjoy the peace and unity we possess because of the Spirit in our midst.
Excerpted From The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning
Daily Reflection:
What do you long for from your church?
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