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LIFT Renewal Ministries is a non-profit ministry established for the purpose of helping pastors and congregations deepen their experience of Jesus Christ. Our founding director, Rev. William A. Johnson, is an ordained minister in the United Methodist church. read more
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- Between the Bridge and the River
Craig Ferguson - A Failure of Nerve
Edwin Friedman - First, Break All the Rules
Buckingham & Coffman - Testimony to the Exiles
Rev. Mark Feldmeir - Good to Great
Jim Collins - The Path
Laurie Beth Jones
Jesus, You Ask Too Much
In terms of the ordinary world around us, Jesus sometimes asks too
much. Take for example his teaching in Luke 6:27-38. It is filled with
wonderful, idealized thoughts about the Kingdom of God. But who
really lives like that? Forgive wrongdoers? Love our enemies? Pray for
the welfare of our abusers? ABUSERS? It’s all well and good for an
hour of inspiration on Sunday morning, but who really lives like that?
This is some of the most straightforward teaching in the Bible, yet it
is also among the hardest to hear.
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