... to enjoy family and name blessings together. Even as Jim endures indescribable grief, he is a spokesperson for hope in Christ. People question the existence of God; they grapple with the idea that He is good and merciful. ... . That doubter would witness peace that surpasses understanding God. Jim makes the case for Christ. He is the überest of Über Christ Followers written about on this blog.

I am not a Christ-follower. I am not a follower of God in the Way of Jesus. I'll just be a Christian, and let the liberals raise their eyebrows at my gumption and the conservatives assume I'm a gold-star daily Bible reader. Because frankly these titles are little more than linguistic tight ropes, coded language for a club of former conservative evangelicals eager to ...

... the pursuit of the Holy Grail of Christian authenticity. The “Christ Follower” totally listens to U2… he even says so… in the third video. Both extremes are dumb… just as they ... the impression it’s pushing people to define themselves as “Christ followers” rather than Christians, as though the label is so loaded with negative ideas ...

... as a preferred word for  a lost person. Salvation is now cross the line of faith. The newest replacement phrase is follower of Christ in lieu of Christian or believer. When I preach and teach, ... ;ll probably find that my word choice matches the above. But the last one, follower of Christ, even though I sometimes use it, feels disingenuous to me. I’m not sure why I feel that way. ...

... how many I hurt along the way. The thing that I grieve the most is the fact that I was weak. I was a follower, and a leader. A good friend of mine explained it very well ... loyalty to Jesus. Once I am at that point, there is no possibility of misunderstanding. Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ or understand what He meant when He said, '. . . for My sake' (Matthew 5:11 ...

A follower of Christ looks at:death and thinks life,losing and thinks winning,tragedy and thinks opportunity,brokenness and thinks humility,accidents and thinks purpose,coincidence and thinks destiny,despair and thinks hope,poverty and thinks wealth,wealth and thinks poverty,failure and thinks success,the seen and thinks about the unseen,history and thinks God's story,science and ...