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killing me

posted by adam on 08.13.2007

Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”
This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”
But he continued, “You are from below; I […]

relationship, Jesus, transformation | no comments »

fear of God

posted by adam on 07.31.2007

I’ve said it before, even right here on this blog, but I’ll say it again. At some point in your life, if you claim to really believe all this crazy stuff about Jesus, you have to actually face it. In facing it, you will be unable to avoid this simple truth: either Jesus was who […]

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what he said

posted by adam on 02.28.2007

“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.”
-Gandhi

Jesus, church, quote | 4 comments »

low standards

posted by adam on 02.12.2007

“…We should try to stay on God’s good side. It’s not hard. God has extremely low standards. Pray, take care of people, be actively grateful for your blessings, give away your money—you’re cool. You’re in.”
—Anne Lamott

Jesus, quote, social justice | 3 comments »

the road has no end

posted by adam on 01.17.2007

Consider the scope of it, what it might mean, what it surely must mean if it’s true. My mind can hardly fathom that. I half expect it to be like one of those short dreams I sometimes have just as I’m falling asleep. My whole body is overcome with the sensation of weightlessness and, all […]

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the hard part

posted by adam on 11.01.2006

The easiest thing in the world is to accept Jesus. The hardest thing in the world is to follow him.
Why do so many think that the two are interchangeable?
It’s relatively easy to accept Jesus. Honestly, when a person comes to understand just a small part of who Jesus is and what he stands for it […]

discipleship, Jesus | no comments »

legacy

posted by adam on 10.23.2006

“Let’s say you had a friend who was forty years old, and let’s say this guy played video games all night, slept around with ten different women, whoever he could get to have sex with him, drank all the time, partied it up, the whole bit. Would you respect that guy?…
“If someone in [in his […]

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