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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 21, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“I AM One of You” is the Christmas card God sends to each of us! When God, through an angel, informed Joseph that Mary would give birth to Jesus, he said: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they shall call him Immanuel, which means God with us (Matthew 1:23). God assures us, in his Christmas card, ‘How can I ever forget you? In Christ I became one of you!”
Christianity Without the Religion magazine, December 2021
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 19, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The shopping malls are filled with people whose credit cards are maxed out and whose hearts and souls are empty. Simon and Garfunkel reflected – ‘the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.’ In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles sang of ‘all the lonely people’ in a religious, church setting. Loneliness characterizes the lives of those who have not yet seen or embrace the light of Jesus.
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that of course, is the meaning of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 17, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The world into which Jesus came was not and is not a Hallmark-card Christmas where everyone is healthy, prosperous, well-nourished, living in beautiful homes, giving lavish gifts, gathered around long tables and enjoying sumptuous Christmas feasts.
The world to which Jesus came and still comes is not about perfect families where everyone gets along, with no acrimony or arguments – it’s not a world where there is no oppression, no impoverishment, no disease and no heartache. Jesus came to the weary, dirt-poor, ghetto-like world of Bethlehem were political and religious tyrants, then and now, ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 14, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“When God came to us, in the person of Jesus, he came to be one of us – in humility. That truth alone – that God humbled himself – seems to be blasphemous to many within religion. How could God become humble?
God determined that he would enter the womb of Mary, a teenage girl who was betrothed, but not yet married. Yes, she was married to Joseph when Jesus was born, but she was pregnant with Jesus when she and Joseph married. The circumstances of his birth caused tongues to wag. Why did God do it that way? Why didn’t God the Holy Spirit just wait to impregnate Jesus after Mary and ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 12, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The first verses of the Gospel of John tell us that Jesus was the Word. Logos is the Greek term for ‘Word.’ It means Jesus was and is the force and the reason and the core of all meaning, relevance and power that sustains and holds everything together.
Jesus, the Word – the Logos – is the answer to the questions that confound us. Who made us, who made the earth, who made our solar system, our cosmos and our universe – and how does it keep working? How is it all held together – how do all the eco-systems work in such symmetry and harmony? It’s not random!”
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 10, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Instead of Christmas being about what Jesus gives to us, it can be twisted and corrupted into what we must give to others – and to God – so that he and others will be pleased enough by our performance to love us. Instead of Christmas being about the love of God that is freely given to one and all, Christ-less religion twists and perverts it into a nightmare where we have to prove our love to family and friends and God.”
Christianity Without the Religion magazine, December 2020
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 7, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“God’s grace, exemplified by the birth of Jesus, is not simply a one-time spiritual bail-out. God’s grace is not a temporary loan to help us get back on our feet. The birth of Jesus is not a one-time stimulus package.
God’s grace is an eternal solution. Jesus didn’t come to bring us a “little bit” of hope, to jump start the human religious economies of this world. Jesus did not come so that he could start another religion or modify religion. Religion is the problem. He brought the answer. The answer is Jesus.
Jesus brought an entirely different kind of spiritual economy – an ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 5, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Isaiah says that Jesus was a root growing in dry ground (Isaiah 53:2). This reference to a root out of dry ground may indicate that the body of Jesus appeared somewhat stunted and unattractive compared with other humans. Jesus was a tender shoot, as opposed to one that was obviously robust and hearty. He was despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3) – a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
While Jesus’ appearance alone didn’t ‘turn heads,’ there is no biblical reference that would lead us to think that Jesus, when he walked this earth preaching and teaching, looked frail or anemic. ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
December 3, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Today…we find the birth of Jesus sentimentalized and trivialized. The religious version of Christmas is packaged in a sentimental, fuzzy way designed to make us feel warm and nostalgic. You can buy that Christmas package in malls and stores and in many churches.
Take a look at the baby Jesus you see displayed in many storefronts, church campuses and in many suburban front yards – a little hollow, plastic Jesus with a little light bulb. A little, hollow, plastic Jesus is exactly what our consumer driven Christ-less religion fabricates and constructs for consumption by its followers…
But the ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 30, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Another year of Christmas hype is in full swing. It’s a time when Christmas decorations, advertisements, and promotions urge us to buy and spend, and during such a time it’s so easy to forget that anything and everything we have – physically or spiritually – is from God. In his book Jesus: The Man Who Lives, Malcom Muggeridge commented on the Christmas shopping season, saying that it is ‘a mighty exercise in salesmanship, a gala occasion in the great contemporary cult of consumerism, an act of worship directed toward our latest deity – the Gross National Product.’… Sadly, humans ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 28, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“From a Christ-centered perspective Thanks-Giving is aptly named, for giving thanks is one of the most inevitable characteristics evident in those in whom the Master lives and works.
Sadly, it seems giving thanks and being grateful is increasingly becoming extinct in our world. The plight of many today, particularly the younger generation, is that their spiritual senses have been overwhelmed by the ultimate goal of self-gratification. Many find themselves enslaved and captivated by passive distractions, with their attention glued to amusements, and in such a state they see no reason for thanksgiving ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 26, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Accepting God’s love makes all the difference – all the difference between a stale, mechanical, going-through-the-motions relationship with a religious institution, and an up-close-and-personal intimate relationship with God. Accepting God’s love is connecting with God. Connecting with God usually means we must lose our religion – we must unplug from religion in order to connect with God.
God loves us because of who he is, never because of who we are or what we do. I believe God’s message to you and me goes something like this:
‘I know all about you – but I love you anyway. You’re ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 23, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Have you ever noticed how many individual Christians and incorporated religious institutions assume that God is exclusively on their side? Many seemingly think that God is a member-in-good-standing of their denomination. Many seem to assume that God carries the same national passport they do and that he always supports their country in any military altercation. Some even act and talk as if God supports their favorite athletic team and their particular political party. But if you think about the whole idea of God being polarized and politicized for about three seconds, it really doesn’t make any ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 21, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Excess does not guarantee happiness – on the other hand, many examples of excess we see in our Western world lead us to conclude that having ‘too much’ may lead to misery and unhappiness.
Two things I ask of you, LORD, do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me my own daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God – Proverbs 30:7-9
Let us give thanks that most of us have neither poverty nor ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 19, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Lending institutions place a cap or limit on the total amount of purchases you can charge to their card. They will only let you go so far before your credit runs out. How far can we go with God before he says to us, ‘That’s it – my grace has its limits!’ Is it possible to use so much of God’s love that our account will be ‘maxed out’? … Is it possible for us to come to a place when God says to us, ‘You’ve gone beyond the limits of my compassion. You have too many sins on your sin debit card now – I can’t extend any more grace to you.’”
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 16, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“In God’s kingdom, creation is in harmony, even as God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, dwells in perfect harmony. God’s kingdom is not a temporary cease-fire. God’s kingdom is not a provisional agreement to refrain from hostilities. The perfection and eternity of God’s kingdom is all of creation glorifying God with one voice, like a symphony of orchestral instruments uniting their sounds, joined by a choir of many voices all singing the same words at the same time.
The Hebrew word for peace is shalom – its meaning is of completion and fulness. Shalom is holistic – it ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 14, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“God’s joy runs deep, in our souls, more meaningful and satisfying than happiness, a word which often speaks of a more short-lived, surface feeling. Joy can and often does include happiness, but not always. For a Christ-follower, joy can exist even when immediate and physical circumstances are far from ‘happy.’ James speaks to this apparent conundrum – Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds… (James 1:2-3)."
Originally published in:
Wonders of His Joy
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 12, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). No more condemnation means the end of being ashamed of who we are. No more condemnation is possible because we accept and are assured of God’s love. And when we experience his love, our sense of self-loathing and shame is vanquished. No more condemnation means that we are free in Christ – free from self-loathing and shame – free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last. No more condemnation is possible because of the greatest love of all. We have been set free through Jesus Christ, who lived, died and rose ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 9, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The Bible is and has been many things to many people. Selections from the Bible have become, over time, what people have made them to be. The Bible has been used and abused – it has been used to condone the practice of slavery, permit polygamy, promote racism, oppress women and justify war. Each and every time the Bible is read and studied, it is being interpreted. Everyone tends to read the Bible through their own lens of experience and culture. Everyone brings their own baggage packed with assumptions and prejudices to the process of reading and understanding the Bible.”
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
November 7, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The topic and theme of the Book of Revelation is Jesus Christ, not some geo-political, predictive timetable of future world events. The key to the Book of Revelation is its Christology, not its chronology. The guiding interpretive principle to be used in understanding Revelation is ‘who,’ not ‘when.’ Minimize the importance of the when; maximize the importance of the who. Revelation teaches that our human future is not the primary issue, but the future of Revelation is in and with Christ. The future in Revelation is all about Jesus Christ and His future… The gospel of Jesus Christ is all ...
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