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The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching; Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing; why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I Read more
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Little children, guard yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:21 Guard yourselves from idols. Guard yourselves from idols! Guard yourselves from idols? What does that mean? Why such emphasis? It’s the last sentence in arguable one of the most profound books of the Bible. “Guard yourselves from idols.” To ease into this passage I think we must Read more
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Dear Friend, It’s come to my attention today that things have not been working out for you. You planned on things happening a certain way. That you would be doing something different by now. That the situation you’re in would of changed by now. And it seems to be that the demands you’ve made on Read more
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I met with a friend who needed refueling today. As we met and chatted about God and ministry and life you’d be tempted to believe that the words were the fueling. Or maybe the fueling was in the prayers and the encouragement? But I’m confident that the fueling happened in the love that was shared Read more
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God did not and does not create and rule out of a mode of order. God is gracious and loving and beautiful and perfect and forgiving and kind and all-knowing and gentle and wise and spontaneous and Holy and tenderhearted and romantic and long-suffering and good and understanding and just… And out of His Read more
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As Christians, we are so enamored with the Love of God that we get drunk and belligerent under it’s influence. At certain points we even believe that our understanding of Him is elite. That everyone else doesn’t understand the ways of God as well as we do. I’m pretty sure God think it’s cute when we Read more
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I’m learning that age has little to do with maturity. Maturity means to become ripe or fully developed. The problem within our culture is that so few are living in a mature manner that we have lost our bearings of what it actually looks like to be mature and thus our personal goals of maturity Read more
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“Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest.”- Matthew 11:28 If your calling from God is simple and easy to understand, I recommend doing some backtracking and questioning whether or not it’s actually God’s calling you are following. God has made His calling for us to be in dependance Read more
