Author Archives: kainos

About kainos

Jesus follower, Bible reader, husband/father/son/brother/uncle, rider, hiker, snapshooter

California evangelizes exploitation: ‘Believe in something bigger’

Posted on May 22, 2013

Today on Multiply Justice: “Households that earn less than $13,000 a year spend 9 percent of their income on lottery tickets.” Angela Lu writes for World magazine: The ad starts with a soft choral singing of “California Dreaming,” and small … Continue reading →

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When life kicks you in the stomach …

Posted on May 21, 2013

When we are horrified by tragedy, we often turn on God, blaming him for our pain and the brokenness of our world. But even Jesus, God in the flesh, suffered intense grief in the death of his friend Lazarus — … Continue reading →

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‘You reap what you sow’ is about us, not them

Posted on May 19, 2013

One of the devil’s most clever schemes laid against the Church is obscuring the actual message of Scripture and tricking preachers / teachers into declaring only part of the truth — and to the wrong audience on top of that. … Continue reading →

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Reaping what we have been sowing

Posted on May 18, 2013

“Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.” (Galatians 6:7 NLT) … and if you have been planting seeds of “Only look out for #1, leave the poor to the government,” what … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Christian women ‘raped in broad daylight’

Posted on May 16, 2013

Today on Multiply Justice: Mission Network News reports: Attacks against Christians in Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Egypt are unprecedented. “They’re very brazen. We’re talking women being raped in broad daylight, men being attacked, or the homes of Christians being ransacked. And really, they … Continue reading →

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Unshakable joy

Posted on May 12, 2013

If your joy depends on your circumstances, it will be as fleeting as any other emotion and you will be double-minded, always stepping away from the Lord when events don’t please your selfish nature. If your joy, however, wells up … Continue reading →

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Hardly a WWJD strategy

Posted on May 6, 2013

Turns out, I’m a “judgmental and horrible human being.” Good to know before I get too far into my Monday. I got a Facebook message the other day warning me that another of my Facebook “friends” is “a bully, rude … Continue reading →

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His brother’s killer

Posted on May 5, 2013

When Anthony Colon’s brother, Wilfredo, was murdered, young Anthony’s life was filled with hate. “I hated everybody. I hated everything. It made me to be a person, like a monster,” Colon told CNN’s Rose Arce. Over time, however, the anger … Continue reading →

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Religion that falls short even of hypocrisy

Posted on May 5, 2013

Hypocritical religion ignores the Sin problem in a man’s heart and instead focuses on behavior modification: “Because I am tempted to lust, I will train my eyes to not watch that TV show, not look at that website, not stare … Continue reading →

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Don’t give up! Don’t go back!

Posted on May 4, 2013

Jesus set you free so you could live free! Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), … Continue reading →

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