Tag Archives: Jesus

What the Lord requires of us

Posted on November 13, 2024 by jwfisch

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 O man … O woman … what … Continue reading →

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From Failure to Faith

Posted on November 4, 2024 by jwfisch

Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 Have you ever known anyone whose soul doesn’t stand up straight within him/her? How about you? Has your soul ever … Continue reading →

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Professional Christians

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jwfisch

When I first met my wife, Marti, she was not a professional Christian. She didn’t know one Bible translation from another, and it didn’t matter. She could open any Bible to any place and find something meaningful for herself and … Continue reading →

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Who said the rule was golden?

Posted on October 31, 2024 by jwfisch

Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12 Remember the Golden Rule — “Do unto others as you would … Continue reading →

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Wait patiently

Posted on October 30, 2024 by jwfisch

This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3 Even so, come, … Continue reading →

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Away in a manger

Posted on December 21, 2022 by jwfisch

I have seen the son of man In the human caravan from the song “Rejoice” by John Fischer What if God was one of us? What would that mean? It would mean that God had two little feet and ten … Continue reading →

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Man, Movement, or Machine?

Posted on December 7, 2022 by jwfisch

In June of 1972, over 100,000 people, mostly college age, attended a 5-day conference in Dallas, Texas, sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ called Explo ‘72. There were daily seminars and nightly gatherings in the Cotton Bowl for music and … Continue reading →

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It’s all about Jesus

Posted on September 7, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) At the beginning of the Seventies, a small group of musicians shook Christianity to its base. They burst on the scene seemingly unknown to each other yet all with the … Continue reading →

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Jesus plus nothing

Posted on May 9, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) In C.S. Lewis’ famous Screwtape Letters, Wormwood is a junior demon who is being instructed by his senior, Uncle Screwtape, as to how he can steer a believer off course … Continue reading →

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Playing it forward

Posted on April 25, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 9. It shook Christianity to its roots (which is the meaning of “radical”). At the beginning of the 1970s, a small group … Continue reading →

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