July 11, 2019
This summer I am going to use a different Summer Format, which will open with a three minute recorded synopsis of my favorite Oswald Chambers devotions, followed by the written devotion itself. I encourage you to listen to the 3 […]
May 8, 2019
On resurrection Sunday Jesus had to open his followers’ eyes so they could truly see him for who he is, and see the scriptures for what they say about him. Before this they were seeing with the eyes of their […]
December 6, 2018
In Luke’s familiar story of Jesus’ birth, we hear an announcement from the angel Gabriel about the peace Jesus will bring. But the familiar King James Version (KJV), the one we all grew up with at our church Christmas plays, […]
November 15, 2018
Logos, (Greek: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) in Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Have you spent any time digging into the Prologue at the beginning of the […]
October 25, 2018
I like a promise, but only if I can trust the person promising. The problem with that kind of trust is people are people. We can sincerely want to fulfill our promise, but being human we fail. Or we were […]
August 30, 2018
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2) Do you remember when the Christopher Reeves’ Superman movie came out back in 1978? A group […]
June 14, 2018
I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12 I want you to know…Jesus wants you to know, God is for you, he is with you, and he is before you. […]
May 3, 2018
We’ve all been watching a sports game and seen the momentum shift. One team was playing lethargically and without enthusiasm, but suddenly, something happened…a great defensive play, a dunk, an interception, or three-point play…and the energy level shifted and […]
March 1, 2018
If you want to live with the power of the Holy Spirit, the energy, the clarity, and the creativity, Jesus gives you a very complicated formula: So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek […]
February 22, 2018
Imagine you are meeting Christians for the first time, after reading through the New Testament, and seeing the incredible power of the Holy Spirit. You wondered to yourself, “What will it be like to meet a person filled with […]
February 14, 2018
I was thinking the other day about this scenario: What if you had never met any Christians and had never attended a Christian church? All you had was the Bible. You had read the Old Testament and saw the Spirit […]
February 8, 2018
Trying to add Jesus, or just religious church experience, without being filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit results in a tired, beat-up, and harried attempt at being religious. In Acts 19, we see just such an example. God […]