"Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" John 6:60,66 Jesus had been doing some huge... Continue Reading →
Don’t Ask Me… Ask God
Would you hit "send" on this one? I just couldn't help myself. I wanted to write more. I wanted to tell this lady that I understand this thirst and this searching, but running to a human to point you to another human is like taking a big trip around a cul-de-sac; it's short and you... Continue Reading →
Time for some sifting and separating…
"The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and... Continue Reading →
Call Up The Fire
"Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:6-7) "Do not neglect the gift that is in you...... Continue Reading →
Truth With a Capital ‘T’
"The only real threat (to the church) is surrender - caving to cultural, legal, and political forces demanding conformity. The church can and will survive persecution. It will not survive faithlessness. This is both a theological and historical truth. Defiance, however, means more than merely ensuring that your church or school doesn't change its policies.... Continue Reading →
The “Nothing in Particular” Crowd
There was a survey out this week saying that Christianity in America is on the decline. Seventy percent of us still identify as 'Christian' in some kind of way, but apparently that majority is shrinking. The percentage of people identifying themselves as "nothing in particular" grew by leaps and bounds. Nothing in particular, because church is... Continue Reading →
Get Loud, Get Bold
"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus. When they saw the man who had been cured standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. So they ordered them to leave the... Continue Reading →
The Church Is Called To Be Churchy, So Deal With It
Speak the TRUTH IN LOVE, but never shrink back from it.
The Word and the World
"We must base our thinking on the rugged facts of life according to God's book, and not according to the finesse of modern civilization. Let us not be so careful as to how we offend or please human ears, but let us never offend God's ears." Oswald Chambers Let's face it, being a Christian these... Continue Reading →
Discerning Right from Almost Right
"All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition... making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down." Mark 7:9/13 Traditions - beliefs, activities, etc. that are passed down and repeated. I'm a huge fan of traditions. Everyone has them, some make... Continue Reading →
Into the Foolishness of God 