Articles Tagged 'Man' (Page 3)

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

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 1 · Jesus

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

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.

One Like Moses (SOR Egypt 5)

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

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

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

God's Character Shapes His People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 20 · 10 Commandments

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.

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

Experiencing God on Our Journey of Faith

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 12:1-3 · Faith · Experience · Journey

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.

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.

Breathtaking!

by Phil Ware · Matthew 2

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.

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

To Win Your Heart

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Incarnation

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

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!

Treasuring God's Mystery in Our Hearts

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:19 · Incarnation

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.

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.

Who Do YOU Say I Am?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 16:13-18 · Lord

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?'

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

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18-25 · Incarnation

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.

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

One Like Moses!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Incarnation · Matthew

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

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

God's Character Shapes His People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 20 · 10 Commandments

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.

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

Our New Chapter

by Jackie Halstead, Ph.D. · Romans 12:1-2 · New Year

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.

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.

A Labor of Love

by Phil Ware · Luke 1 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation

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

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.

More than the Outskirts of His Ways

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 1:1-3 · Incarnation

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.

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?

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation

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

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!

Scales on Our Eyes?

by Phil Ware · Romans 16 · Women

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

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

A Story That Must Be Told!

by Phil Ware · Mark 14:1-9

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.

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

The Most Excellent Way

by Phil Ware · Matthew 19 · Sexuality

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.

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

Too Familiar to Feel the Bite?

by Phil Ware · Luke 10:38-42 · Women

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.

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

Co-Heirs with Christ

by Phil Ware · Galatians 3:26-29 · Healing · Co-heirs

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.

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

Important Women, Important Roles

by Phil Ware · Hebrews 11 · Women

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

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!

Our New Trajectory in Pentecost

by Phil Ware · Acts 2 · Pentecost

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.

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

Made to Be Complements

by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:26-31 · Women

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

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!

Our Weakness, God's Power

by Max Lucado · Matthew 5

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.

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.

Of Sacred Value

by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:26-31 · Women

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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