By Pete Briscoe
June 19, 2019
Who is your enemy? You know the person—the one whose very name spikes your blood pressure. The person you avoid if at all possible.
By Pete Briscoe
June 18, 2019
Jesus was willing to break the rules in order to love people. Now the question we need to ask is: Which rules were breakable?
By Pete Briscoe
June 17, 2019
When looking at all the ways Jesus challenged the rule police of His day, my mom likes to say, “Isn’t Jesus a rascal!” She’s absolutely right.
By Pete Briscoe
June 16, 2019
I have a pastor friend who did a church swap. He and his wife went to Scotland for a summer, and the pastor from Scotland came here to Dallas.
By Pete Briscoe
June 15, 2019
Rule keepers struggle to love rule breakers. But if the Church is called to love a world full of rule breakers, then examining the Church's own unspoken rules is important.
By Pete Briscoe
June 14, 2019
A while back, I was invited to join a group of local pastors for the prescreening of The Passion of the Christ.
By Pete Briscoe
June 13, 2019
Once we admit we’re messy, what will Jesus do with our mess? In Luke 5:36-37, Jesus shares a parable with the Pharisees—the tidy-makers.
By Pete Briscoe
June 12, 2019
The Pharisees were a great example of tidy people trying to make tidy clones. Because they didn’t identify as sinners, they had no need for a Savior.
By Pete Briscoe
June 11, 2019
Jesus isn’t repelled by our messiness. In fact, He has this habit of throwing open the doors of love to messy people. He did it all the time.
By Pete Briscoe
June 10, 2019
The Church has lots of well-intended but callous advice for messy people. To people who have lost everything—marriage, children, health, or jobs—