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Pastor Bryan Lowe
I truly love Jesus, who saved me from destruction. I am His, completely and totally. I have deep issues, but these only enhance His love for me.
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Category Archives: C.S. Lewis
My Pretend Jesus
Question. Is the real you, touching the “real Jesus?” For some time now, I am asking myself this simple question. I’ve had some convicting moments as I swirled this question around in my heart. There is no condemnation in this; … Continue reading
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Worship is All that Really Matters
“Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them.” Mark 2:19 This whole idea of celebrating is antithetical to religious sensibilities. Too much liberty and too much … Continue reading
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This Special Place, Where it is Always Christmas
“This Gospel anticipates a world far different from C.S. Lewis’s Narnia,where it is “always winter, and never Christmas.” But the promise of the Gospel is that it is “always Christmas.” To be “in Christ” is to enjoy each morning as a … Continue reading
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Ministry & the Mentally Ill, Once More
*** “Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, the Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life. “ — Michael Yaconelli “We are told that Christ was killed for … Continue reading
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Becoming a Gentle Person
“The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Samson; but he has stopped being fooled … Continue reading →