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Love: The First and Greatest Commandment

Steven Barto, B.S. Psy., M.A. Theology “And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets'” (Matt. 22:37-40, ESV). LOVE. WE HEAR THAT word hundreds of…

The End of Me

Steven Barto, B.S., Psy., M.A. Theology KYLE IDLEMAN’S BOOK The End of Me introduces us to the concept, “Where real life in the upside-down ways of Jesus begins.” In other words, the ways of Christ are often completely opposite of what we think might work. We think coming to the end of me means we cease to exist as an individual. It is Idleman’s belief that we need to be broken to be whole. I…

KNOWING – Two Kinds of Intelligence – Rumi

Two Kinds of Intelligence – Rumi There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired, as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts from books and from what the teacher says, collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such intelligence you rise in the world. You get ranked ahead or behind others in regard to your competence in retaining…

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built…

Tomorrow morning we leave Kentucky and head for my old hometown to attend the Class of 1965’s 50th reunion. It is with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation that I get ready to head out. You see, I have changed both on the inside and the outside. Let’s start on the outside. I was a lean 162 pounds when I graduated, clean shaven and ready to take on the world. A real physical dynamo with all…