The Cost of Discipleship
“This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.”
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Beyond Customary Arrogance
"‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor.’"
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Saved? From What?
"‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate.’"
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Kairos: Terrible Moment of Grace
"‘Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.’"
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Four Spiritual Work Habits
"‘Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.’"
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The Root of All Evil
"'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.'"
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What’s with Prayer?
"'Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.'"
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Work without Prayer Destroys
"’Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.’"
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Jesus Was a Socialist
"’And who is my neighbor?’"
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You Cannot Fail
“At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
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Fit for the Kingdom of God
“But he replied, ‘Lord, let me go first and bury my father.’ But he answered him, ‘Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’”
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They Have Eyes but Cannot See
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.”
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God Doesn’t Measure Up
“’Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you..’”
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One in the Spirit?
“’Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’”
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Let Us Go Up to the House of the Lord
“As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”
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Where Have We Gone Wrong?
“’I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.’”
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Us Against Them
“I give you a new commandment: love one another.”
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Who Are His Sheep?
“’My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.’”
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Right Where You Are
“So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
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The Living Faith of Thomas
So, Thomas gets criticized for his skepticism. That criticism isn’t restricted to Thomas. It extends to anyone who doubts or questions matters of faith. The critics believe that anyone who questions their beliefs is lacking in faith and therefore not a “good” Christian.