This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Just-a-ThoughtRevisited-e1j6nue *** In April, I wrote a very brief post entitled, “Just a Thought.” It said: “We do not choose our own suffering. The suffering chosen for us is that which will cause us to give up everything for Godor keep everything for ourselves.” After reading it,…
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Seeker-Sensitive or Seeking to Save?
Recently, a friend sent me an article which criticized a high profile church. Some of the church’s current and former members are celebrities. The former celebrity members were interviewed in this bit of “investigative journalism.” (I use quotes because this was for some online rag. Not exactly Woodward and Bernstein). Those interviewed complained that the…
Self-Denial and Cross-Bearing (Part 4)
Image from the film, “The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004) This series is excerpted from a piece written by an author at Christaslife.com. The author wished to remain anonymous. *** Not Watering Down the Cross In case we might want to make the act of taking up the Cross into something less than what…
The Voice of One 