Meditation
The National League
Tested, mature Christians who have taken up the cross may still not have given all to Christ.
Meditation
The Premiere League
Dryness. Suffering. Unanswered prayer and a God who seems to be missing in action.
Meditation
The work of the Holy Spirit
How does the Holy Spirit work? What does he do? How do you know if he is at work in you?
Meditation
The Select League
They publicly sign up and pay the fee and agree to come to games. Perhaps they are baptized or confirmed or publicly profess their faith. They are soccer players. They have joined the rec league.
Meditation
Youth soccer
Are there levels in Christianity? Can you level up as in a video game? Are there graduation ceremonies and opening convocations? Are there different leagues?
Meditation
Hope and childhood and purity and secrets and love and faith and hope
“Like God.” That’s an audacious claim. Absurdly so? Will we be omnipotent and omniscient? What can you do with such a claim?
Meditation
No one who abides in him sins
OK, this is confusing. John says, “if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us,” and then he proclaims that “no one who abides in him sins.” Um, John, did you forget what you just said on the previous page?
Meditation
Intuition
What does Jesus mean by saying that he will reveal himself to those who love him?
Meditation
Resurrection
How can you say anything about the resurrection? It’s too big a topic. It’s like, “Say a little about life.”