“Looking in retrospect on my years at Bible college, I see that, despite all the devotional intimacies, Jesus grew remote from me there. He became an object of scrutiny.”

From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚

This is, I think, one of the great struggles for not only people at Bible college or seminary, but also much of Protestant evangelicalism. Evangelicalism is buried in information. Jesus, for many, has become “an object of scrutiny.”

When we lose the relational connection to the divine we have lost the very core of what it is to follow Christ. To be learner of Christ is to grow in Christ’s character and competency. These can’t be learned when Christ is nothing more than an “object of scrutiny.”

If you’re into sermons, you can check out my sermon from this morning.

ordinary jesus - we’re all murderers // Matthew 5:21-26

New social plan:

Micro Blog for hosting and creating content (I’m likely upgrading to premium to take advantage of the ability to podcast and post video). This is good as it auto cross posts and easily cross posts to multiple platforms.

Mastodon for consuming content and interacting.

Wordle 974 3/6*

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I love getting 3s! It means that the #OldGal likely can’t win. Let’s see how the rest of thef team #YoungPup fairs as we await her report.

Good morning! May you connect deeply with people who genuinely care about you today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing

I was reminded yesterday that you don’t have to put yourself on a pedestal. If you do the right thing consistently and you are fully present then people will know you’re the one to call when needed.

Monday, I am going to start sharing quotes and my reflections from this book…

Currently reading: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚

This Michigan/Michigan State game is way closer than I anticipated. 🏀

Today’s was a disappointing result at St James Park. But a point is a point. Regroup and on to the next! #NUFC ⚽️

Glad to see Newcastle get things turned around the last fifteen minutes of the first half. I feel like they’re going to pull away in the second with a couple quick goals. ⚽️ #NEWBOU // #NUFC

Newcastle is getting it taken to them by Bournemouth at the moment. It’s been a terrible first 30 minutes. ⚽️ #NEWBOU

#Wordle 973 4/6*

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The #OldGal has yet to report in. Honeslty, happy with this 4. This is a weird word! I am happy to see at least one of the #YoungPups with a 3!

Good morning! May you do something today that brings you joy. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing

High school hoops! Go Splitters!

We are heading out to our first high school basketball game of the season tonight. It’s weird that we haven’t been yet.

What is also weird is that college baseball starts this weekend.