Watch Out For the Millstones (Mark 9:38-50)
You already know what Jesus wants, and what Christ advocated and agitated for. So, let’s avoid a future with millstones in it. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

You already know what Jesus wants, and what Christ advocated and agitated for. So, let’s avoid a future with millstones in it. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
There cannot be a resurrection without a crucifixion. There must be suffering before glory. When things are screwy, we have only our faith to cling to. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
We all seek to make decisions, and do the best we can, with the knowledge, wisdom, and discernment we have at the time. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Just because one is in the courts of power and is not one of the peoples who is persecuted, does not necessarily mean that there is an exemption from harm. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
If we can live consistent with who we are and how we were created to be, then it is likely we shall find a semblance of meaning, purpose, and even joy in this present life. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
In the end, all is meaningless, because everything is temporary… that is, except relationships. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
In engaging a healthy rhythm of giving and receiving, we reverse the curse, and enable the world to return to Eden. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
He showed us that the true measure of greatness is through humility, and willingly loving others to incredibly great degrees. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Authentic belief is neither cheap nor easy. It engages more than a few mental thoughts; it also goes to the heart and the gut, often with heart-rending emotions and gut-wrenching insights. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The wise person takes the time to observe, listen, and learn from a variety of sources, including all of creation. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Christians mature in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus; then, they learn to take this important body of knowledge and apply it to all of the various circumstances and situations they are faced with every day. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
All of us, in some way or another in our lives, have misread Jesus and mistaken him for the gardener or some other person. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
By practicing self-control, we stop the cycle of hate, injustice, and unkindness. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
To be a human being is to be intimately familiar with sin and godlessness, guilt and shame, no matter the group nor the individual. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
It is imperative that we walk in the way of Jesus. It is the way of suffering. Yet, the suffering leads to glory; the crucifixion results in resurrection. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The world is much bigger than our contrived spaces in which we can set ourselves up as master and commander. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Every day is an opportunity to build on a wise foundation of life. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
A calm and kind response sucks the anger out of the room, but hot-headed words set the place on hellfire. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
But if you’ve got to keep mucking out the barn, you can be sure there will be plenty of money to live on. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
We have to carefully weigh our decisions and consider the likely outcomes of the choices we make. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Arrogant pride, hoarding of wealth, and injustice will not last forever. They are temporary. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Jesus was empty so that the woman could add to him with her own story and struggle. And when that happened, a miracle occurred. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Wisdom is not something to be mastered, but a grand sage presence to be mastered by. We must let Lady Wisdom have her way in our lives. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
The wise person guards their heart and protects it as the precious possession that it is. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
We do not capture wisdom, but are captured by it. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
There is not a problem with our human traditions per se, but with traditions replacing Torah and the word of God. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
You and I cannot beat suffering. We can only learn from it. In order to learn from it, we must embrace it. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Christ obeyed God our Father and gave himself as a sacrifice for our sins to rescue us from this evil world. (Galatians 1:4, CEV) This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Evil is deeper than mere selfishness, bigger than a personal error in judgment, and greater than some individual bad decisions. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/
Apart from love, we are lost and lonely – languishing without an object of love to orient life around. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/