The humble are fearless. The humble are unbothered by failure, weakness, pity by others, losing all their somebodiness, being considered nobodies, losers. The humble live and love with reckless abandon. Only the proud are self-absorbed, hide our weakness, fear, failure. Only the humble are relaxed. On the inside. Feel no need to APPEAR relaxed. Only…

in Evangelical Churches, is for Christians to understand how the Bible impacts daily life. But how can a preacher clearly understand the Message of the CreatorSustainer of the Universe unless he is unusually self-aware? An unusually-self-aware preacher oughtabe the chief CONFESSor in a church. Is this what we see? Hardly. Do we even WANT our…

when we see Jesus behind everyone and everything. SovereignShepherd over every detail of our lives and others’ lives. We’re no different than the atheist when we feel ALONE and in CHARGE, leaning on our own understanding, wise in our own eyes, confident-we-know-what’s-best, what’s-thankable-and-what’s-not. Daily living UP TO ME. Circumstance-dependent for joy and peace. Our biggest…

If you’re a Christian, I suggest there’s some unrecognized-and-unconfessed sin/idolatry in your life. The nicest, kindest thing Jesus ever does for us kids of His, is to open our eyes afresh to see the sin/idolatry to which we’ve been blind, robbing us of joy and peace. Better than trying to avoid sin — CONFESS it.…

is the chief encourager — positive thinker. “You can do this, my secular friend.” The next best is the chief expert — overwhelming with Scripture. The next best is the chief accuser — helping others see the sin to which they are blind. But the best — the one most likely to be used of…

loving what is, being comfortable with the unknown. What they don’t understand, is how much easier it is to live peacefully like a Buddhist, as a Jesus-dependent, rather than a self-dependent, where life is UP TO ME. Surrendering, loving what is, being comfortable with the unknown, in my own power, is so-much harder than simply…

My flesh believes easIER is the best, and my flesh enormously influences my life, so that my biggest idol, is easIER. But easIER is not the best. Scripture says the BEST is whatever Jesus has for me this day, week, month, year. My flesh says the BEST is whatever is easIER, or easIEST. My flesh…

billionaires like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates who vote Democrat would be donating billions to US government programs, but instead, they donate billions to non-profit organizations to solve societal problems. Government is run by bureaucrats, not innovators. Creative types don’t become bureaucrats. They hate bureaucracy. Centralized planning didn’t work in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba,…

All my friends and family would vote for easIER for me. My flesh DEMANDS easIER, instead of this ridiculously harrrd I have much of the time — when life seems hardly worth living. If Jesus REALLY loves me as He says He does, why doesn’t He give me easIER? Because Jesus loves me more than…

is the area of your greatest idolatry — that which brings you artificial LIFE, that which causes you to be UNsatisfied with Jesus and His imputed excellence. This is the area where you are the most failure-avoidant, defensive, intense, agendafied, where your joy and peace are most circumstance-dependent, making you a difficult person to live…