The Last Emperor: Dealing With Our Naughtiness
In Bernardo Bertolucci’s Italian/Chinese epic, The Last Emperor, a young child is anointed as the last emperor of China.
In Bernardo Bertolucci’s Italian/Chinese epic, The Last Emperor, a young child is anointed as the last emperor of China.
Jesus has no confederacy with that which seeks our demise. He doesn’t even entertain a conversation where the dialogue is intent on disgracing us. He doesn’t negotiate with spiritual terrorists!
None of us are worthy of salvation when Jesus meets us on life’s broken road. His love breaks through all those voices that scream, “ugly, unloved, and unwanted”—and He dines with us at the table of acceptance.
How to fall safely is one of the first things they teach you in gymnastics, horseback riding, and other activities involving the propensity for high impact injuries. We all experience falls and failures. Life has a way of throwing us off the horse at times. The question is: Do we know how to fall?
Fake news has taken our world by storm. With the phenomenon of social media and news outlets propagating their own political agendas, it’s getting more difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. A similar battle for truth takes place every day in our spiritual lives.