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Judging Better Than Judy
Judging Better Than Judy
The Bible is not actually meant to be read in chapters and verses. (These were added later so we’d have an easier time finding things to misquote and put on our coffee cups!)
Everything was originally meant to be read in a larger context in order to really understand it. It’s not just the literature-loving English teacher part of me that believes this. It’s actually true that in order to…
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I Want To Know What Love Is...
I Want To Know What Love Is…
Luke 6:27-36
So… this happened:
I sat down to write about this section of Luke 6, I opened up my Bible and saw the title “Love Your Enemies”.
And, I actually thought to myself, “Whew! This one will be easy. I’ve totally got the “loving my enemies” thing all down. I can’t even think of anyone I hate.”
I smiled as I remembered one of my students talking about how she’d never met anyone more…
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#NotBlessed Part 2
In Luke 6, Jesus was preaching a sermon to a large crowd. He started with “Blessed are the beggars among you. You know, the people who the religious leaders consider so dirty that just brushing up against them will contaminate you and you will need to ritually cleanse yourself from associating with them or God won’t accept you? Those guys are blessed andtheirs is the kingdom of God.” (Italics…
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#blessed doesn&039;t mean wealth#blessings in grief#blessings in struggles#Christians who are tired of church#conforming to church culture#not belonging to a church#not conforming to church culture#not fitting in at church#tired of church#vulnerability
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Luke 6:12-
I love and hate this section of Luke 6! I love it because of how in your face and confrontational it is to the religious elite. I love how it challenges arrogance and hypocrisy and promotes compassion and grace.
I love when those things are pointed at everyone else. I honestly, deep down hate how much this passage condemns things that I do. As much as I like to think that I listen to…
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#American church culture#blessings in poverty#church culture#hypocrisy#Jesus teaching#Jesus&039; sermon#Luke 6#what&039;s wrong with the prosperity gospel
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The Most Misunderstood Gift
The are a lot of crazy things in the Bible that are hard to believe. The hardest thing of all is to believe how much God actually, truly cares about each of us as individuals. Many of us in America are comfortable with the idea of “Jesus loves you.” We say it so much that it doesn’t seem like anything but a nice idea. A general feel good statement. But love can mean a lot of things and we throw…
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#God&039;s love for us#Luke 6#resting on Sunday#rules#sabbath day#Sunday#sunday morning church#what did Jesus teach about going to church
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Honest Thoughts About Racism
I Thought You Knew
I think a lot about racism. One of my deepest held beliefs is that all men are created in the image of God. Therefore, I believe that it is a travesty when anyone doesn’t live up to their God-given potential.
Three things happened in 2017 that changed my attitude and response towards racism.
1: Lecrae – Lecrae was criticized sharply and abandoned by many of his white…
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#cultural racism#division in our country#Lecrae#racism#racism and Christianity#republicans and racism#Southern Baptists#Southerners#Standing against racism
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The Top 10 things I HATE about Christmas
tThis is the first in my ongoing series of Posts on “How to Lose Friends and Alienate Christians”
Cause really, if you want to see Christians turn ugly, tell them you hate Christmas!
Just to clarify, I don’t HATE Christmas, I just hate some things about Christmas.
I actually LOVE Christmas. I love the time I get to spend with my family. I love the traditions, the decorations, the parties, the…
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#arguing about Christmas#Christmas#Christmas wars#Defending Christmas#freedom from religion#pagan Christmas#putting Christ back in Christmas#redeeming Christmas#traditions#what I hate about Christmas#why are Christians so obnoxious#why I hate Christmas
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I don’t think I can contain how absolutely freaking awesome this chapter of Luke is! I just want to run around and tell people “Jesus is way, way, way cooler than they are telling you!!!” Unfortunately, when I try that, people assume I’m high and the conversation doesn’t go anywhere…
So…here’s my attempt to convey the amazing awesomeness that is often overlooked in this chapter of the…
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#ancient culture#ancient Jewish culture#ancient roman culture#bad Christians#cultural background of Luke#cultural background of the New Testament#Jesus calls Matthew#Jesus eating with sinners#Jesus friend of sinners#Jesus heals paralytic#Jesus heals paralyzed man#legalism#Luke 5#Matthew#tax collectors in the Bible#the calling of Matthew#what does it mean to be a friend of sinners
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Gross Skin Diseases and Other Gross Messes
Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean….
Reflections on Luke 5:12-15
So, this just happened:
Because I’m thorough in my research, I went to the source of all medical knowledge WebMD (lol) and looked up leprosy.
Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms, legs, and skin areas around the body. The disease has been around since…
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You Can't Handle the Truth
You Can’t Handle the Truth
You want truth? You can’t handle the truth!
Luke 4:38- 5:11
He left the meeting place and went to Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was running a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. He stood over her, told the fever to leave—and it left. Before they knew it, she was up getting dinner for them.
When the sun went down, everyone who had anyone sick with some ailment or…
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#accepting God&039;s love#accepting truth#church abuse#church asking for money#following Jesus#how much God loves us#luke 4#Luke 5
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Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups
Luke 4:
Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups! George Carlin
Yup, I have a weird sense of humor! And the story in Luke 4:14-28 makes me chuckle a little every time I read it.
Basically, the story goes like this:
Jesus (in the power of the Spirit) goes to his hometown in Galilee. Everyone was talking about him. He was teaching in the synagogues and people were crazy…
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#following Jesus#luke 4#rejecting Jesus#religion killing free thinking#religious culture#stepping away from the crowd#stupid religious people#what&039;s wrong with the prosperity gospel
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Seeking the Good Kind of Crazy
Seeking the Good Kind of Crazy
Claiming to be “led by the Spirit” sounds super cultish to non-Christians. It brings to mind images of people shutting their brains off and doing crazy things like throwing rattle snakes around or yelling at college students that they are all going to hell for being whore-mongers.
As a Christian and life-long church-goer, I have a quite cynicalview of people saying they were “led by the…
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Sometimes You Gotta Admit That You're A Viper
Sometimes You Gotta Admit That You’re A Viper
Luke 3
Theophilus and his ancient Roman-y friends are sitting around reading the book of Luke together. They read about John the Baptist and how he was sent to “prepare the way for the Lord.” Already, just a few pages in to Luke’s account, they know to expect the unexpected from the story of Jesus.
These guys knew what it meant to prepare for an Emperor to come to your town. The roads had to…
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#brood of vipers#changing#Christian culture#christian judgmentalism#following Jesus#generosity#how can I be a better Christian#how to follow Jesus#How to repent#hypocrisy#judging others#repentance#what does it mean to repent?#what&039;s wrong with Christians#what&039;s wrong with the church
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I Wrote a Play, But I Ain't Playing...Luke 2
I Wrote a Play, But I Ain’t Playing…Luke 2
Seeking the Blessiest Blessing
So, as you know, (because I’m sure you read all of my blog posts about Luke!) Luke was writing to his wealthy, Roman patron friend Theophilus so that Theophilus could know that all the things he heard about Jesus were true. When I read Luke 2, I like to imagine Luke talking to Theophilus about what he had written:
Luke:“Yo, Theo check out this story. You are…
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#blessings#doing God&039;s will#doubting faith#doubting God#empty nest#finding your purpose#Jesus as a boy#Jesus at the temple#Jesus in the temple#Luke 2#Mary and Joseph#prosperity gospel#Roman view of Christianity#seeking God#Simeon#what does it mean to be blessed#where is God#where is Jesus#why am I struggling#why Christians struggle
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Why Can't I Calm Down?
Why Can’t I Calm Down?
Reluctant Reflections on Luke 1:66-80
One of the most amazing, annoying and often painful things about being a follower of Jesus is that: if you truly seek him, he will reveal things in your life that need to change.
I’m currently reading a book The Emotionally Healthy Church* by Peter Scazzerro (which is totally annoying and I don’t recommend it, because it isn’t all about how great I am… )
In…
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#being driven to succeed#being honest with ourselves#church demands#emotional health#impatience#John the Baptist#lacking peace#Luke 2#pursuing inner peace#waiting#where is my peace
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The Real Real Reason "Just"Praying Won't Change Anything
The Real Real Reason “Just”Praying Won’t Change Anything
The Real Real Reason “Just” Praying Won’t Help Anything
Many years ago, when I was a young bride, my husband and I were arguing A LOT. And when we argued, he was quite mean (as I recall, I was quite reasonable and presented logical, clearly stated defenses of my position! LOL). I was tired of fighting with him, but I just KNEW that he was wrong. He needed to change several things he was doing and…
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#Christians and Politics#Christians in politics#just pray#Praying for our nation#Tragedy in Las Vegas#Trump and Las Vegas#Why Just Praying won&039;t help
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Christian Myths & Stuff You Aren't Supposed to Talk About!
Christian Myths & Stuff You Aren’t Supposed to Talk About!
Reflections on Luke 1:26-86
I have a friend who is quite hostile towards Christianity. She delights in referring to Bible stories as “Christian myths” because this suggests that believing in these stories is equivalent to believing the story of Hercules fighting Medusa, (the lady with snake hair who caused people to turn to stone just by looking at her).
For my friend, nothing says “myth” and…
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