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 […]
June 7, 2018
Jesus Christ will not force me to obey Him…But if I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God. —Oswald Chambers[1] Imagine the peace from being surrounded and […]