February 6, 2019
God frequently warns us about drifting. We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. (Heb. 2:1) He also frequently reminds us to remember who He is—and who […]
November 8, 2018
Performance is fear-based. Obedience is love-based. Performance is about points, as in accumulating enough points to earn the rewards we deserve. Obedience is about pleasing, as in pleasing my Heavenly Father. As I have pondered my own transition from performance […]
November 1, 2018
I have been railing against performance for the past few weeks, primarily because we all know we live in a culture that idolizes performance. We are graded by our performance. Our self-worth is defined by our performance. This applies to […]
November 22, 2017
Okay, I don’t mean for this to be just another, “It’s Thanksgiving so we must write about being thankful,” but there are four things for which I am so very grateful, grateful in the extreme, if you will. In most […]
August 24, 2017
Okay, for all of my skeptic friends, I finally have found the error in Scripture about which you’ve been complaining all these years. Of course, it’s not among the errors you erroneously talk about. But yes, I have finally found […]
December 15, 2016
1515Through many dangers, toils and snares… we have already come. T’was Grace that brought us safe thus far… and Grace will lead us home. Are you a grateful person? I’m grateful for all God has done for me, and […]
December 8, 2016
We are moving towards Christmas and I want to pause, and think about how amazing this whole Jesus thing is. As we journey through life day to day we tend to get numbed by the morass of everyday living, and […]
June 16, 2016
Jesus was talking with the Pharisee, Jonah, about “cleaning the inside of his cup,” by giving generously to others and to Kingdom work. As I watched this the Spirit brought this scenario to my mind: Picture this: A new Christian […]
March 24, 2016
If you were asked to give a description of a Christian, and I mean by that a disciple of Christ, not a person who goes to a Christian church, what would you say? Notice I said a description, not a […]
January 28, 2016
John took a deep breath and concluded with, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, and what a glory it is! – the glory of the one and only Son, who came […]
November 12, 2015
One day we were all sitting together and Matthew was reliving the day he first met Jesus. All of us were smiling at the memory of that day. We couldn’t believe Jesus was even talking to this hated traitor – […]
September 2, 2013
We are moving towards Christmas and I want to pause, and think about how amazing this whole Jesus thing is. As we journey through life day to day we tend to get numbed by the morass of everyday living, and […]