Michael Kelley
@_MichaelKelley
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Husband, Dad, Church Leader, Communicator. Latest book is THE WHOLE STORY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: A YEAR OF JESUS-CENTERED FAMILY DEVOTIONS.
Joined November 2011
Writing about a different way to think of a worship service today. Think of it as a classroom in which we are both teachers and students. Read more here:
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Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
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What does it mean to be human? The book of Genesis helps us know, and one of the things it tells us is that human beings were made to relate. Read more in this week’s article with @Thinke here:
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By Michael Kelley Around 350 BC, the philosopher Aristotle wrote Nicomachean Ethics, in which he, among other things, discussed what it meant to be human. And one of the primary things he said marked...
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The psalmist wrote that those who know the name of God will trust in Him. That’s because the names of God tell us about who He is. Read more in today’s article here:
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Those who know your name will trust in you...
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Jesus is not just a moral authority, a great teacher, and a powerful example - Jesus is God. Read more about the implications of that reality in today’s article here:
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He is the image of the invisible God...
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In my post this week with @Thinke I’m writing about Genesis 1. Of course, we see the God who created. But in His creation, He also “calls.” And things are what they are because God defined them that way. Read more here:
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By Michael Kelley "Call me Ishmael." You might know that as the opening line of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Or this one: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a...
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Writing for parents today about how the gospel shapes our parenting. It does so without quick fixes or easy remedies. Read more in today’s post here:
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The gospel shapes everything about us, including the way we relate to our kids.
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Some times - many times - we can trick ourselves into believing things about ourselves that aren’t true. But we can always trust Jesus to tell us the truth about ourselves. Read more here in today’s post:
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Jesus tells us the truth. Always. Indeed, He loves us too much not to.
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Nobody likes to wait. But for the Christian, waiting is a matter of both obedience and spiritual formation. Read more in this week’s post with @Thinke here:
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By Michael Kelley Nobody likes to wait. In fact, most of the innovations we see in the world today are aimed at decreasing or eliminating waiting. A silly example, but consider how different an...
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Though busyness and laziness seem like they’re opposites, they have at least 2 things in common: 1. Neither is God’s will for us. 2. Both are evidence of the wrong level of care. Click through to read more:
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We seek the kingdom first and foremost, and we don’t worry about everything else. The lazy are uplifted and the busy find rest.
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The home is the primary environment for discipleship. In today’s article I’m writing about 3 principles to make that a reality. The principles of responsibility, of repetition, and of normalization. Click through to read more:
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Family discipleship must embrace the principles of responsibility, repetition, and normalization.
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Why do we share the gospel? Lots of reasons - we love Jesus. We love other people. We have been changed by the gospel. But there is another often overlooked reason. Read more about in my weekly post with @Thinke here:
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By Michael Kelley Why, as Christians, do we share the gospel with others? We tend to answer that question in one of two ways. First of all, we share the gospel because we are commanded to do so....
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Marriage involves a lot of things. Companionship, sacrifice, love - but it is also fundamentally about something bigger. That’s how God designed it. Read more in today’s article here:
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Marriage is a weighty proposition. It has a tremendous amount of gravity to it. And Ephesians 5 not only helps us understand the gravity of marriage; it helps us understand …
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What happens when we worship together? Many things, but according to Colossians, we are teachers and students at the same time. Read more in my weekly article here with @Thinke :
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By Michael Kelley Worship is primarily about God. When we sing, we should sing about God. We should focus on God. Our attention and our affection should be directed towards God. And while our worship...
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We live in an attention-driven culture. We - and everyone else - are always trying to get others attention, as they are trying to get ours. Today’s post offers 3 biblical commands to remember in light of this:
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God has paid attention. And because He has, we are free from competing for attention from others.
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Patience is one of those qualities that almost all of us know we need more of. But how to get there? It’s partly by focusing not on patience but on the character of God. Read more in today’s article:
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We can be patient because God is wise, loving, and generous.
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Jesus is our Mighty God. Though many things about Jesus are true, this one is the one that incites the most controversy. Writing about this reality in my weekly post with @Thinke here:
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By Michael Kelley Isaiah 9:6 reads like this: “For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty...
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If you are considering a rhythm of family devotions in the new year, love for you to check out the family devotion book I wrote based on our own family's experience: https://t.co/LTbKnYOm8E
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is the family devotional parents need to help their kids grow in their faith. Parents are called to be the primary spiritual influence in the lives of their children. That means we, as parents,...
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The gospel shapes our parenting just as the gospel shapes everything else about who we are and what we do. How does that shaping happen? I’m sure in different ways for different people, but writing @Thinke about four of them here:
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By Michael Kelley When we were young parents, I remember frequently turning to my wife and asking some form of this question: “Do you think every parent constantly feels like they don’t know what...
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Christians are a “go and tell” people; not just a “stay and hear” people. Read more in this last article in the series here:
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Christians are a "go and tell" people; not a "sit and hear" people.
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All of us are masters of self- deception. That is, the image we have of ourselves might not actually be the true one. But we can trust Jesus to tell us the truth about ourselves. Read more here @Thinke:
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By Michael Kelley It feels like truth is hard to come by right now. Because information is prevalent, because sources are so pervasive, because opinions are so pronounced, who’s to say what’s really...
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