Articles Tagged 'Man' (Page 3)

Jesus Came to Be One of Us! (SOR 4.1)

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 1:21 · Jesus

God didn't come to our world as a heavenly tourist with special arrangements to keep him safe and to give him special treatment in his journey through mortality with all its grit and danger.

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us to push past the glittering lights of Christmas and see that God came to be one of us in the gritty and dangerous birth of Jesus of Nazareth to a virgin named Mary and her faithful to Torah husband to be, Joseph the car

One Like Moses (SOR Egypt 5)

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Deuteronomy 18:15 · Moses

Moses brought down God's Law from his mountain. Jesus demonstrated God's love on a hill outside Jerusalem!

James Nored and Phil Ware move from Abraham and Moses to Jesus in God's great story of redemption and show how Jesus becomes the fulfillment

God's Character Shapes His People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · 10 Commandments

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors.

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of the 10 Commandments and the two divine principles of God and Jesus and call us to live them in our daily lives.

Experiencing God on Our Journey of Faith

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 12:1 · Faith · Experience · Journey

No matter how comfortable we feel we are with God, a genuine relationship with the Almighty goes far beyond a few religious rituals, like making time for him at Christmas and Easter.

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to be open to God's work in our lives while we continue on our journey of faith.

Breathtaking!

by Phil Ware · Matthew 18:1

For God so loved us that he came to our world as a child.

Phil Ware reminds us of the divine titles for Jesus in Matthew 1 and then drives home the point that this divine Christ, Messiah, Son of God, Immanuel, God with us, came to us as the child, Jesus.

To Win Your Heart

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 John 1:1 · Incarnation

As we bring this year's journey to an end, the question you need to ask is as important to answer as it is simple to ask!

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to faith in the eternal God who chose to reveal himself by becoming human and living in our world

Treasuring God's Mystery in Our Hearts

by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:27 · Incarnation

The mystery, the wonder, the bewilderment, the delight, the fear, and the struggle as a new mom to God's Son were secreted in this hiding place of Mary's heart.

Phil Ware reminds us that Mary treasured all the things about Jesus' birth in her heart and we can find our treasure with Jesus as he comes to us in the manger at Advent.

Who Do YOU Say I Am?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Lord

At a place with great spiritual and physical significance, Jesus challenged his followers to decide about his identity.

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to answer the same question Jesus asked his first followers at Caesarea Philippi: 'Who do you say I am?'

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 1:1 · Incarnation

How can God know experientially how hard life can sometimes be for us?

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us to push past the glittering lights and see that God came to be one of us in the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

One Like Moses!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Deuteronomy 18:15 · Incarnation · Matthew

Moses brought down God's Law from his mountain. Jesus demonstrated God's love on his mountain.

James Nored and Phil Ware move from Abraham and Moses to Jesus in God's great story of redemption.

God's Character Shapes His People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · 10 Commandments

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors.

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of the 10 Commandments and the two divine principles of God and Jesus and call us to live them in our daily lives.

Our New Chapter

by Jackie Halstead, Ph.D. · Colossians 2:13 · New Year

My response is to recognize God’s greatness and grace in using me as an instrument and with confidence move into this pure, unspotted new chapter.

Jackie Halstead challenges us to take advantage of the New Year to begin writing a new chapter in our lives that brings grace to a world struggling with evil.

A Labor of Love

by Phil Ware · 1 John 4:10 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation

Jesus' birth was the collision of the gloriously divine and mundanely human. It was God entering our world through the birth canal of a woman.

Phil Ware shares some thoughts on what incarnation means as the collision of mortality and eternal, God in human flesh.

More than the Outskirts of His Ways

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Colossians 1:15 · Incarnation

If there is a God and he's out there, why doesn't he just get it over with and show himself to us? Why this need for faith?

Phil Ware and James Nored share in word and video an idea about how we can truly understand God's greatness, glory, and grace even though we cannot understand everything about him.

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 2:14 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation

We desperately need to push past the glitz of the season and remember the gritty grace of the manger and the glory of God incarnate in a helpless baby who came to be one of us!

James and Phil continue their series on The Story of Redemption by focusing on the birth of Jesus and what it means for us.

Scales on Our Eyes?

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 14:33 · Women

We're like the apostle Paul right before he was baptized: we can't see!

Phil Ware concludes his 14 part series on how God values women and their importance in the life of His people.

A Story That Must Be Told!

by Phil Ware · Mark 12:41

Regardless of our reasons in the past, let’s make sure we honor the Lord’s wishes in this circumstance and others like it.

Phil Ware continues his series of messages of how Jesus values women, focusing this week on the loving and extravagant gift of the unnamed woman who broke her alabaster jar and anointed Jesus with expensive perfume.

The Most Excellent Way

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 7:1 · Sexuality

Beyond sexual equality to the Jesus way of mutuality and sacrificial love.

Phil Ware continues his series on how God values women and how precious they are to Him, His people, and the future of humankind, this week focusing on sexual intimacy and value.

Too Familiar to Feel the Bite?

by Phil Ware · Acts 22:3 · Women

Because we have heard the story of Martha and Mary so many times, we often miss the radical truth Jesus established at this dinner!

Phil Ware continues his series on what the New Testament teaches about God valuing women and the key role they played in the early church of Jesus.

Co-Heirs with Christ

by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:14 · Healing · Co-heirs

Paul's declaration to the Galatians is a racial, social, and gender earthquake.

Phil Ware continues his series of articles on the role of women and God's plan for women in Jesus' church; this week focuses on Paul's liberating statements in Galatians 3:26-29 and Romans 8.

Important Women, Important Roles

by Phil Ware · Acts 16:13 · Women

If we listen carefully to God’s unfolding story, there are many strong women of faith who played key roles in the life of God's people!

Phil Ware continues his series on the role of women and their importance in the story of God's unfolding grace.

Our New Trajectory in Pentecost

by Phil Ware · Acts 2:16 · Pentecost

Beginning with Pentecost, God's Spirit was making a new humanity.

Phil Ware continues his series on the Bible's view of women and their importance to God and his people, focusing this week on the new community created at Pentecost.

Made to Be Complements

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 11:11 · Women

In the Lord, we are called to complement, complete, and bless each other so that each can be what she or he is created by God and re-created in Jesus to become!

Phil Ware continues his series on how God values women as seen in Scripture, this is part 2.

Our Weakness, God's Power

by Max Lucado · Mark 10:16

He should have left him for the buzzards. He should have sent him to hell. But he didn’t. He sent him to the lost.

Max Lucado writes to remind us of our need to surrender our anxiety, and everything else, to Jesus and let him change our name and our future.

Of Sacred Value

by Phil Ware · Galatians 3:26 · Women

God didn't make one a first class person and the other a second class person based on gender.

Phil Ware begins a series of posts focusing on the sacred value of women and how we have lost the focus of Jesus.

Articles Tagged 'Man' (Page 3)

God didn't come to our world as a heavenly tourist with special arrangements to keep him safe and to give him special treatment in his journey through mortality with all its grit and danger.

Moses brought down God's Law from his mountain. Jesus demonstrated God's love on a hill outside Jerusalem!

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors.

No matter how comfortable we feel we are with God, a genuine relationship with the Almighty goes far beyond a few religious rituals, like making time for him at Christmas and Easter.

For God so loved us that he came to our world as a child.

As we bring this year's journey to an end, the question you need to ask is as important to answer as it is simple to ask!

The mystery, the wonder, the bewilderment, the delight, the fear, and the struggle as a new mom to God's Son were secreted in this hiding place of Mary's heart.

At a place with great spiritual and physical significance, Jesus challenged his followers to decide about his identity.

How can God know experientially how hard life can sometimes be for us?

Moses brought down God's Law from his mountain. Jesus demonstrated God's love on his mountain.

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors.

My response is to recognize God’s greatness and grace in using me as an instrument and with confidence move into this pure, unspotted new chapter.

Jesus' birth was the collision of the gloriously divine and mundanely human. It was God entering our world through the birth canal of a woman.

If there is a God and he's out there, why doesn't he just get it over with and show himself to us? Why this need for faith?

We desperately need to push past the glitz of the season and remember the gritty grace of the manger and the glory of God incarnate in a helpless baby who came to be one of us!

We're like the apostle Paul right before he was baptized: we can't see!

Regardless of our reasons in the past, let’s make sure we honor the Lord’s wishes in this circumstance and others like it.

Beyond sexual equality to the Jesus way of mutuality and sacrificial love.

Because we have heard the story of Martha and Mary so many times, we often miss the radical truth Jesus established at this dinner!

Paul's declaration to the Galatians is a racial, social, and gender earthquake.

If we listen carefully to God’s unfolding story, there are many strong women of faith who played key roles in the life of God's people!

Beginning with Pentecost, God's Spirit was making a new humanity.

In the Lord, we are called to complement, complete, and bless each other so that each can be what she or he is created by God and re-created in Jesus to become!

He should have left him for the buzzards. He should have sent him to hell. But he didn’t. He sent him to the lost.

God didn't make one a first class person and the other a second class person based on gender.

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