Jeromy Johnson | May 5, 2011
Share This is very moving and powerful 3 min story about the effect praying for ones enemy will have on a community. It really touched a personal chord with me, especially surrounding the communion aspect. Years ago I made a public declaration that I would not take Communion/Eucharist/Lord’s Supper if people in the gathering were [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 3, 2011
Share Yesterday, I read a headline with Osama Bin Laden’s face on it and large, thick white letters exclaiming, “Rot in Hell!” Yesterday, while hoping onto Fox News Channel and catching an interview with Rudy Giuliani and Sean Hannity, Rudy mentioned that Osama is burning in hell and was met with nods and a slight [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 13, 2011
Share We all make choices. We all make interpretations. We all are led individually by the Holy Spirit. We all do the best we can with our three-pound brains and our built in, God-given human limitations. We all stake claims on our current understanding of God’s truth as revealed to us by his Holy Spirit [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 6, 2011
ShareThis is in the same spirit as my Wounded Image of God post , which prompted this post by Jeff . I have something that I said 15 years ago as a pastor that haunts me to this day. This haunting memory came flooding to the surface, complete with tears, by this comment I read [...]
Jeromy Johnson | July 4, 2008
ShareToday, may you recall and celebrate the freedom and independence that God has provided for all!! Breath it in deeply, it is good!
Jeromy Johnson | May 3, 2008
Share Chad got me thinking (dangerous, I know). When Jesus says to love our enemies, who does he mean? Even “enemies” like Bin Laden? Or just our private, personal enemies? If we saw Bin Laden on the street and had the power to take his life, should we? If not, what should the proper response [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 15, 2008
Share Forgiveness is not an occasional art, it is a permanent attitude. ~ Martin Luther Amen and thank God.
Jeromy Johnson | April 5, 2008
Share I learned this from a friend recently: Those who are truly broken find it hard to judge anyone, even those who had a hand in breaking them.
Jeromy Johnson | March 14, 2008
ShareOne of my more “controversial” posts was when I wrestled with Romans Chapter 5 and tried to simply let the passage speak for itself, allowing the Bible to shed light onto our interpretation and application, versus the other way around. As I did, I was stunned by what the text really seemed to be saying. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | February 28, 2008
Share For whatever reason, some of the rats and mice in our neighborhood thought our house was a great place to spend their winter. Quite often when we go out into our garage, we hear the sounds of scurrying mice and rats as they rustle through our bags and boxes. Every now and then we [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 25, 2008
Share It is hard to say for certain why the medieval church had a preoccupation with sin—fear, money, control…perhaps—but it is fairly obvious that an entire religious system was built around this preoccupation. It seems, in fact, that one of the church’s primary roles was dealing with sin. Professions were built around it. The rich [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 7, 2008
Share “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” ~ Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies
Jeromy Johnson | November 28, 2007
SharePost 2 of 2 If you haven’t already, please pause and read post 1. I am still in process over this and have been for some time… My journey with this passage began about a year ago. I was reading a book written by a Calvinist who believed in the 5 points of Calvinism (TULIP) [...]
Jeromy Johnson | October 13, 2007
ShareJesus was labeled a glutton and drunk because of the table-time he spent sharing meals with “sinners”: those not accepted by the religious people of his day. He practiced this unacceptable habit of sinner-meal-sharing with regularity. Based on His expressed heart and the example he left us, I have a hard time picturing him turning [...]
