“…if you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all” (Isaiah 7:9 ESV). The world has tried to sell us a bill of goods. It wants us to believe that the most important thing is self-esteem. It wants us to think that we need to embrace who we are, whether or... Continue Reading →
A Fresh Look At A New Thing
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19, ESV) I have heard this verse used a many times since the beginning of my faith walk with Jesus. It was, in my observation,... Continue Reading →
One Body
“But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.” (1 Corinthians 12:18-20, ESV) “An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly... Continue Reading →
Collard Greens and Jesus
As most parents do, mine encouraged me to try new foods. “You won’t know if you like it if you never try it!” Some things you just know you’re not going to like. Some things you dislike, but you grow into them. I never grew into liver. I remember one evening while in Junior High... Continue Reading →
Social Justice Without The Gospel?
"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” Romans 10:14 (ESV) Social Justice is a topic that is currently in vogue, and in some ways it should... Continue Reading →
Anxious?
A friend called me the morning after the rioting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. He was so frantic and worked up that he kept interrupting me. I couldn’t seem to get more than two or three words out before he would begin ranting again. He was terrified that the entire country was going... Continue Reading →
It’s About How You Love!
“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18 ESV). “I love you!” Those are words we can never hear enough. But we all know, or have known, people whose actions failed to line up with their words. We are aware of people who have... Continue Reading →
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
The Gospel is more than a legacy!
Tourist Faith
God expects us to go beyond tourism on this blue planet.
Tomorrow
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34 ESV) The word tomorrow has stirred up more excitement than a free trip to Disney Land and struck more fear in the hearts of mankind than a Freddy Krueger movie marathon. Tomorrow... Continue Reading →