Life’s Too Short To ‘Plod’
“He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around the globe.” From Knowing God by J.I. Packer
Reconciliation
“Reconciliation is a change of relationship between persons (God and man; man and man) that involves at least three elements: (1) confession of sins to God and to any others who have been offended; (2) forgiveness by God and by the one who has been offended; (3) the establishment of a new relationship between offender …
New Small Group Forming
The Book of James was written for Christians to understand how to live in this fallen world where tests and trials abound. Fortunately, James is a great pastor who tells us like it is, and teaches us how to navigate this life to the glory of God and for the blessing that it brings to …
A New Vision of Normal
“…in this small act of dying, I loved my wife differently. I realized that in Philemon and elsewhere, Paul was re-enacting the gospel, Jesus death for us. The word for means the weight of our sins comes on Jesus. Paul uses for when he defines the gospel: “The Lord Jesus…gave himself for our sins.” (Galatians …
The Recovery of the Local Church
“…let the loveliness of the repeated brethren, my brethren, my beloved brethren sink into our minds and hearts until there is born in us a determination that our church will be like that. Let it be a fellowship of rich and poor, who alike consider their faith their greatest wealth; a fellowship of care where …
Who Will You Listen To?
The theater is just dark enough that the audience can just barley see a lone figure stride out to the center of the stage. He stands there for a moment and then a booming voice is heard from the balcony above; behind the patrons. This offstage surprise is immediately eclipsed by the authority of the …
Meanwhile, On the Home Front…
I am presently working toward certification in Biblical Counseling and, as a result, having to read many books. This has been incredibly enriching to me personally. It was an immersion in biblical theology a few years ago that caused me to reevaluate and then redirect my pastoral ministry. Both of these experiences are so practical. The …
Biden’ My Time
Let’s suppose for a moment that our choices for president had been narrowed down to the better of two awesome people. What if that had been our voting dilemma?! An actual, assured win-win either way? I’m not just talking about both candidates being conservative, pro-life, and for lower taxes… what if both were Christians of …
Have A Hopeful New Year!
God wanted/wants us to track time; to measure our days. We know this because he set the bright, golden orbs in the expanse above us to mark dates and seasons. The natural order calls for darkness and light to take turns as it also does for wet and dry, warm and cold, storm and tranquility. …
A Very Caring Christmas To You All
Our morning started late with sausage patties, buttermilk pancakes slathered with apricot-honey butter, and hot coffee. But I forgot to add the baking powder so our flap-jacks were more like flat-jacks… We gathered at the table and still managed to enjoy our meal on this Fourth Sunday of Advent and our third week of missing …
