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 […]
October 18, 2018
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1) Years ago, I was sitting with a single friend of mine, who was […]
October 4, 2018
Okay, I am watching the Stanford – Oregon football game last week with my bride and suddenly I get a high-beam from the Holy Spirit. Allow me to explain. At halftime Oregon is leading 24-7 and they are dominating Stanford […]
September 6, 2018
“The Spirit of the Lord … has sent me to proclaim … recovery of sight for the blind …” Luke 4:18 I don’t want to wander around in the darkness anymore. I don’t want to trust my limited vision and […]
August 23, 2018
Don’t you agree many people think God planted the cross at the entry way to … happiness? They think God is all about prohibiting them from having fun, and certainly from having their own way. But God the Father is […]
August 16, 2018
God the Father, through the Holy Spirit, gives us a clear view of His feelings about divisiveness among his followers over disputable matters: Don’t. But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are […]
August 9, 2018
“However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) When I first started to teach the Bible, I was fond of saying we could summarize the entire Biblical message from God into these […]
August 2, 2018
Last week I may have shocked some of you with my opening statement: “I live in the South. It is where I joyfully live and move and have my being. Just about everyone I know here believes Jesus is the […]
July 26, 2018
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24) I live in the South. It is where I joyfully live and move and […]
July 12, 2018
The C- life is the most insidious life, and thus to be feared far more than the D or F life. These last two will often compel you to make a change. But the C- life lulls you into the […]
June 28, 2018
When Jesus heard this [from the Centurion], he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great trust even in Israel.” Luke 7:9 Being in a men’s […]
June 21, 2018
Did you know Jesus was only “amazed” twice in all of the Gospel stories? Even a casual reader would see that Jesus was a man of steady balance, not typically given to extreme emotions. Okay, he did get extreme with […]