Interview with Son of Hamas – Mosab Hassan Yousef

June 18, 2016

“This is going back to hate and love. This is how the human language cannot convey such a truth. If you don’t see what between the lines, the meaning of the words… I hate my father as an ego, spiritual ego, ego mind, falsehood; but I love him as an individual, a human being struggling in darkness and in delusion… if we need to experience freedom, we have to drop our attachments… trying to please everybody. This is how we get lost as individuals, by trying to impress and trying to convince others of a false identity that is not who we are. We need to be truthful to who we are, to see the divine from within, to see Christ within. And family, society, security … all these things secondary. What’s the point of winning the society and losing ourselves? ” … More Interview with Son of Hamas – Mosab Hassan Yousef

Meeting Philip Yancey!

June 10, 2016

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more—no amount of spiritual calisthenics and renunciations, no amount of knowledge gained from seminaries and divinity schools, no amount of crusading on behalf of righteous causes. And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less—no amount of racism or pride or pornography or adultery or even murder. Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love. (from What’s So Amazing About Grace?)
Philip Yancey … More Meeting Philip Yancey!

Stephen Curry: I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me (Phil 4:13)

May 31, 2016

What do Stephen Curry and King David have in common? Both took down giants from long range. Both changed the game with skill sets practiced in secret that the world didn’t recognize until it mattered. Both acknowledged where this strength came from. … More Stephen Curry: I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me (Phil 4:13)

Work around your Abyss with Jesus (Part 2)

April 26, 2016

“Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Jesus is your Map Hacker and Game Changer. He will customize that sublime sea to get you where you need to be. He will satisfy your free-will and His sovereignty in perfect balance to get you there. Therefore you won’t lose yourself in the process but be fully you as He is fully God. … More Work around your Abyss with Jesus (Part 2)

Work around your Abyss with Jesus (Part 1)

March 20, 2016

“There is a deep hole in your being, like an abyss. You will never succeed in filling that hole, because your needs are inexhaustible. You have to work around it so that gradually the abyss closes. Since the hole is so enormous and your anguish so deep, you will always be tempted to flee from it. There are two extremes to avoid: being completely absorbed in your pain and being distracted by so many things that you stay far away from the wound you want to heal.”
… More Work around your Abyss with Jesus (Part 1)

What do you do when surrounded by Dark Storms?

February 25, 2016

What do you do when dark storms in the vast oceans are surrounding your life?
The first thing you must do, is keep your focus on Jesus, and then see Him in His goodness.
Where is Jesus? He is asleep in the stern of your ship.
What do you see when you see Him?
Is Jesus sleeping because He doesn’t care about you?
Or is He sleeping because He knows that as long as He is on your ship, God will never let the ship sink? … More What do you do when surrounded by Dark Storms?

Something out of Nothing

November 25, 2015

“I’m a mess. I’m nothing and have nothing; make something of me! You can do it; you’ve got what it takes God.” (Psalm 40:17, MSG) Many people relate trusting Christ with their lives with it getting narrower, arduous or intellectually stifling. My experience is totally different. My life was enlarged, then shrunk to almost nothingness, … More Something out of Nothing