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Christian living

A drop or an ocean?

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Can we have a word (or 325) about grace?

Grace enables us to do; it doesn’t reward us for doing. This is such an important truth for us to grasp because there is work to be done, and whenever we work, we run the risk of comparing. We compare our work to another’s. Our reward to another’s. Our worth to another’s.

But grace isn’t comparable. It is, by its nature, incomparable because it is given equally to all. It has to be due to the simple fact that we all need grace, especially since we will all eventually abuse it.

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May 14, 2025by Paul Jenkins
Christian living, Easter

Waiting for wisdom to be revealed

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with being misunderstood, and for that reason, I have grown to love the implication of the day between the cross and the empty tomb.

It is a day of … silence, and is often referred to as Silent Saturday because there seems to be nothing happening between the death of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus.

Of course, on this side of both of those events we know that there was an eternity of things happening on the middle day, but think for a moment from God’s perspective on that first day of silence.

God was willing to be misunderstood. He was willing to be questioned, doubted, and even blamed for the tragedy that had taken place the day before, not by people who didn’t love him, but by those who did.

We’d seen this willingness to be falsely accused in the life and ministry of Jesus, of course. He had been given a sham trial and a pointless death sentence (the redemptive plan of God notwithstanding), and had remained silent. He had come to a people who refused to join him on the mission, even after his strategy was the opposite of the one who had gone before him, and been rejected as well. This is how he explained it in the red letters of Matthew:

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April 19, 2025by Paul Jenkins
Christian living, Culture

Love isn’t passive (why tolerance can’t be the goal)

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In a world where “love” is often reduced to warm feelings and polite silence, we need a serious reset on what love actually looks like—especially for those of us trying to walk the Jesus way.

It’s become trendy to define love as agreement. Or at the very least, as never disagreeing. We’ve been sold the idea that to truly love someone means we must never confront, challenge, or correct them. But that’s not love—that’s fear wearing a polite smile.

Real love, godly love, is far more courageous.

Let’s be clear: love is not about control. It’s not about shouting others into submission or demanding uniformity. But neither is it about indifference masked as “live and let live.” Love isn’t passive. Love leans in. Love risks the hard conversation. Love speaks the truth—even when it’s costly.

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April 10, 2025by Paul Jenkins
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It means the world to me that you're here. I write mostly to get out of my own head, and tend to focus on culture, faith, church hurt, and emotional and spiritual health.

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