Conscience Excerpt–Chapter 2
I’m not sure if I’ll post a chapter every week, but I thought I would add at least a few more excerpts from my book…
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
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The Hole in our Gospel–Reading Program Week Seven
Chapter Five: The Three Greatest Commandments So how are you doing in your reading? We’re seven weeks into our collective reading of The Hole In…
Pretending until it’s real
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” Thus said Screwtape, the shrewd demon mentor, to Wormwood, the demon-in-training, in…
The Hole in our Gospel Reading Program–Week Six
Chapter Four: The Towering Pillars of Compassion and Justice Kidnapping…trafficking…children forced to serve as violent soldiers…sexual exploitation…these horrifying acts of human degradation are nearly too…
The Greatest Christian Myth Ever Told
“God will never give you more than you can carry.” I’m not sure how this phrase became so widely popularized because it’s not even remotely…
Some inspired/uninspired thoughts about Moms
A mother is a person, who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces that she never did care for…
The Hole in our Gospel Reading Program–Week Five
Chapter Three: You Lack One Thing Up to this point in our book, author Richard Stearns has driven home the message that, “We need to…
Happy Anniversary!
This Sunday, Cinco de Mayo/May 5th, is my wedding anniversary, marking eighteen years of married life with Jessica. The Proverb writer concluded his book of…
The Hole in our Gospel Reading Program–Week Four
Chapter Two: A Coward for God “Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life?”[1] That’s the question that Richard Stearns wrestled…
Unimpressive miracles
My body took a minor beating this weekend. I was stung by a bee, developed a fierce ingrown nose hair, and tweaked my shoulder while…