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God the Father sent His only Son Jesus to die on a cross.

Why? To show how much He loved us.

He loved us so much that it was worth the death of His Son. While we cannot comprehend this truth fully, I think it's worth dwelling on. Because again, if we forget that God loved us so much in the beginning (while we were yet sinners), we lose that edge of gradtitude…

I was talking with a coworker about Jesus. Stop right there. It was so simple to just talk about Jesus. Not easy, but simple. I find it easier to get bogged down in philosophical or religious discussion, instead of what really is the crux: Jesus. And Gino Geraci is fond of saying, "If  you're wrong about Jesus, it doesn't matter what you're right about." There's a powerful truth and principle there for our apologetics and relationships. Again,…

Are you plugged into the right outlet?

  I work in a hospital. We have two types of outlets in the walls. They are differentiated by their color; one is red, the other white. The red outlet is so colored because appliances plugged into them stay on even when the electricity goes out. There are back up generators in the hospital that provide power to those appliances plugged into the red outlets. So when a massive storm blows the electricity in the…

Luke 12: ¹⁶ And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’  ¹⁸ “Then…

It was only 3 pm, the sun was shining, reflecting off the boulder strewn snow all around us and bouncing off the impressive north face of Long's Peak. It was early March, the mountain still gripped in winter at 14,000 feet. My brother and I had summitted around noon, starting from our campsite at 3 am. The ascent and descent had taken 12 hours, and yet we felt optimistically…