Do You Believe Jesus Was Serious or Not? How many of us no longer judge others, forgive easily, place the needs of others ahead of our own, no longer grumble or curse others or seek retribution, no longer live in fear—no longer feel the need to? How many of us spend time in meditation daily? How many of us are still suffering, angry, and hurting

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I think the “prosperity theology” popular today is heresy. It perverts the gospel, misrepresents God, and misleads its adherents. I do not believe that if you give a lot to God He will make you financially rich here on earth. But I do believe passages like these and others indicate that earthly blessings of an unspecified nature will be given to

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There is an important underlying theme here which runs through the entire ministry of Jesus. Some Jews assumed, perhaps on the basis of a facile reading of Deuteronomy and certain psalms, that wealth was a sign of YHWH’s favour. It signalled, apparently, that one was already in receipt of covenant blessings. This explains the disciples’ great

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Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of these eager followers of Jesus in the first century. What if I were the potential disciple being told to drop my nets? What if you were the man whom Jesus told to not even say good-bye to his family? What if we were told to hate our families and give up everything we had in order to follow Jesus? This is where we

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