Learn from Jesus

Learning from Jesus is the lifelong journey.
Discipleship is apprenticeship—not the transfer of information, but the slow reshaping of a whole life through daily communion and practice.
For apprenticeship to take root, a person needs more than good intentions. We need: (1) A vision of life with God that is compelling and concrete. (2) A willing yes—a whole-person decision to keep showing up and following. (3) Practices of grace—habits and disciplines that place us before God for transformation.

In The Newness of Love

Jesus’ words in John 13 are not just a beautiful idea about love; they are a disruptive invitation into an entirely new way of being human together.

Jose Philip

Jun 223 min read

Grace has a face

Grace is more than a vague kindness floating in God’s heart. According to Dallas Willard, divine grace is God acting in our lives to accomplish what we cannot do on our own. Grace has a face, and the face is Jesus—especially Jesus with a basin in his hands and a towel around his waist in John 13. On the night before the cross, Jesus does something unthinkable. In a culture where the lowliest servant washed dusty feet, the One who “came from God and was returning to God” gets

Jose Philip

Jun 123 min read

What's worth waiting for?

There are seasons when life does not unfold in an orderly line but collapses into a single, disorienting moment—when events pile up faster than our ability to process them, when the ground seems to move and we are left wondering where, exactly, we now stand. In such moments, beneath the scramble to respond and the effort to remain composed, a quieter question begins to rise. It does not shout, but it refuses to leave: What is actually worth waiting for? To approach that quest

Jose Philip

Apr 1411 min read

A Letter to myself.

A letter to myself to live as Jesus would.

Jose Philip

Aug 4, 20255 min read

Learning from Jesus?

The world Christ died to redeem will not be reached by spectators who applaud His sacrifice from a distance.

Jose Philip

Jul 8, 20256 min read

Salt, Light, and the City.

Jesus came to seek and save the lost on his own accord and at great cost to himself. His death and resurrection did not alter what it meant

Jose Philip

Jul 10, 20206 min read

Only by spilling blood?

Humanity is a fix, one that it seems ill-equipped to fix. There is hardly anyone who does not desire peace, yet dissension seems to be the way of life for the vast majority of us. Just look at what is happening in the world today! From relationships between nations to upholding basic human dignity, there isn't a single aspect of our lives that does not call the humaneness of humanity into question. No one is spared the agony of the conflicts without, or the strifes within. Th

Jose Philip

Jul 3, 20205 min read

When the rubber meets the road.

As real people with real challenges, it is important we appreciate how flourishing in the Kingdom of God is made possible.

Jose Philip

Jun 24, 20204 min read

The Better Life

Jesus was quite the phenomenon. People were prepared to travel hundreds of miles, even on foot, if that is what it took, to meet Jesus. Matthew tells us why he was desperately sought after: [Jesus] went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and

Jose Philip

Jun 17, 20204 min read

The Joy of being a Christian.

Jesus seeing the crowds, Matthew tells us, ‘went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are …’ (Matt 5:1-2) The Greek word Makarios, from which we get the English, ‘blessed’ can, and does mean, ‘happy’. However, on the lips of Jesus this simple word is infused with a deeper meaning. Happiness is subjective. It describes a transitory mood. Human happiness is contingent on the chances and ch

Jose Philip

Jun 9, 20203 min read