If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.

Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it.

MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER begins with a hunger for justice. LUST begins with a recognition of beauty. GLUTTONY begins when our enjoyment of the delectable gifts of GOD starts to consume us. IDOLATRY begins when our seeing a reflection of God in something beautiful leads to our thinking that the beautiful image bearer is worthy of WORSHIP.

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.

The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.

We don't actually have rich and poor together instead we have a family. What does it mean? If you have resources, you hold them with open hands. The mark of the early church was that they began sharing and it said there were no needy persons among them. They ended poverty as they created this new loving community.

If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.