Jesus said it was a new commandment (John 13:34-35). New? Wasn’t it part of the “Great Commandment” the first part of which was to love God? So, how could this one be new if it was featured so prominently in the Great Commandment: love your neighbor as yourself? There is […]
Worship or Performance?-Part 1 I want to address this issue by first telling a story: The year is 2014. Imagine Jesus and His disciples are ministering in Portland. One Sunday, they decided to attend an up and coming church to pray. They had heard about the church’s apparent success and growth. […]
In our parents generation, it became a privilege to have a telephone in every home. In our generation, it seems we have one in every hand. We have grown accustomed to 24 hour a day access and connection wherever we roam. I can call from the streets of Sudan and […]
