Episodes
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Thirty-four - The Commands
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Why is Jesus an obedient Son? Because He did the will of the Father.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Thirty-three - Living in Childship
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
In recognizing the reality of our Lord's humanity, I would not be misunderstood as saying that we are more like Him, or He more like us, than I intend.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Thirty-two - The Ultimate Creative Act
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
I would like to pass on a truth that has been wonderfully illuminating and helpful to me as I have experienced more through the years of "dying with Christ." It comes from my spiritual and literary mentor George MacDonald (1824-1905), 19th-century pastor, theologian, and novelist.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
Thirty-one - Magician or Son?
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
The idea of a progressively dawning revelation of sonship in the life of Jesus, and the notion that He could have made different choices than He did, will undoubtedly cause some to squirm.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Thirty - The Divine Risk
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Here is the crux of attempting to grasp the enormity of what Jesus did. All real wills can go in either direction. They don't have to make the right choice. There is no coercion. That is the definition of free will. It is truly free to choose.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Twenty-nine - A Progressively Revealed Sonship
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Jesus was a man, not an angel. He possessed a will that was his own. He possessed the capacity of choice that was human. And He won His Sonship, and our salvation, by exercising that choice.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Twenty-eight - What Really Happened at Bethlehem?
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Theologians have devised all sorts of contorted ways to explain the incarnation that make little sense to anyone but themselves. But I see only two possible ways to account for the astounding fact that God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Twenty-seven - Angel or Man?
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
From what we know, angels are celestial beings different from humans in many respects.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Twenty-six - The Ultimate Crossroad - Crossroad Three
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Again a winnowing comes. A third crossroad arrives for those who call Jesus Lord. This time the question is more piercing yet, probing to the inner depths of the heart and soul.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Twenty-five - The Question at Crossroad Two
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Ultimately the most important issue all must face in this new Kingdom is a question of identiry. "Who is this man Jesus whom we have followed?"