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Want Vs. Confession
"They urgently requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way." - Acts 25:3 It's clear that he Jews were threatened…
Created over 2 years ago
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What it really means to be sent
I have frequently asked myself will my following after Jesus mean someday end with the ultimate sacrifice of going overseas to a foreign culture on the front lines of the gospel. Certainly, if I was to…
Created about 3 years ago
Ezekiel 3:4 (NIV84), Ezekiel 3:5 (NIV84), Ezekiel 3:6 (NIV84), 2 Timothy 1:8 (NIV84)
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Whether They Listen Or Not
God give Ezekiel a very clear call. One not predicated by it's outcome or it's result. Ezekiel is told to speak truth into the stubborn Israelite community. He knew from the beginning that this was an…
Created about 3 years ago
Ezekiel 1:1 (NIV84), Ezekiel 1:10 (NIV84), Ezekiel 1:11 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:1 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:2 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:3 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:4 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:5 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:6 (NIV84), Ezekiel 2:7 (NIV84)
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A MAN OF GOD
The world can be full of confusing messages of Manhood, but Paul is pretty clear to young Timothy on what a MAN OF GOD is. May I be a man that FLEES the distractions and temptations of the world; passionately…
Created about 3 years ago
1 Timothy 6:11 (ASV), 1 Timothy 6:12 (ASV), 1 Timothy 6:13 (ASV), 1 Timothy 6:14 (ASV)
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Salt has flavor
Often the Christian life is defined by it's abstinence from the world and its values. The interesting thing about salt is it's potency, flavor, and utility. Salt could never be defined by it's absence,…
Created about 3 years ago
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World Giving
World giving is not really giving at all. The world gives with expectation, condition, and obligation. Even when bound by the tightest legal documents worldly giving is never a sure thing. Living in the…
Created about 3 years ago
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We the People
This is one of my favorite passages. We were once not a people now WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. I must never mistake role in this family or God, for programs, events, services, jobs. Church is not a place…
Created about 3 years ago
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He will Come for Me
You know I don't like to focus my Christian faith on the future. The Lord has me living today, here and now for his purposes. I do not follow him because at the end of this life I will receive a free…
Created about 3 years ago
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Life Giving
This analogy of vine, branches, and life is so simple. I have heard it a million times over, but no truer words have been spoken of the Christian faith. Just this week I went out to my front yard and…
Created about 3 years ago
