The joy in coming into agreement with God's Word and will
I wasn't planning to go there, but I'm here already so I thought I'd offer up some hopefully encouraging and Biblical thoughts for what feels like a world turned upside-down. I mean it when I say what I desire to bring to the table is some clarity in the confusion, some sanity in the madness... Continue Reading →
I saw a t-shirt yesterday that read "Eat All The Carbs"... I didn't buy it, but I relate to it. I love all things bread and I'm pretty sure I'd be a far less interesting person without them. I came across some verses recently that kind of reminded me of the perfect loaf of bread,... Continue Reading →
"When you adjust, you are dead. If you adjust, you are done. But if you dare to stand, the world will adjust to you. I can promise you that. Not all will adjust to you, but at least some will. We are not going to be sheep running over the precipice because other dumb... Continue Reading →
"And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way..." Acts 19:23 This chapter, if you've never read it is fascinating. There's a riot going down in Ephesus. Some translations call it a great disturbance, some a ruckus; regardless, the gospel was being preached in Ephesus and it was ruffling some feathers. A... Continue Reading →
I saw an Instagram post yesterday with a framed picture by a fireplace that read very simply "Fidelity to the Word of God and not to an outcome." The quote under it, from author Lore Ferguson Wilbert stuck with me all day: "I made it as a reminder for us and those who cross the... Continue Reading →
Walking though the grocery store yesterday, I felt a little spark of excitement that I experience every year around this time: I saw the jelly beans and little planters of tulips. I look forward to Easter season the way most people look forward to Christmas, and I know you aren't supposed to admit this kind... Continue Reading →
There's a fantastic article today over at The Gospel Coalition discussing the ins and outs of standing up for Truth (with a capital T) in a way that is effective and not destructive. "How to Defend the Gospel from Its Enemies - and Friends" gives us some good pointers on navigating our way through a culture... Continue Reading →
"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate" Genesis 3:6 Eve didn't take and eat of the forbidden fruit with the intent to do harm to herself. Knowing she... Continue Reading →
It's been a week since the election, and we are still here! Praise indeed. It's been a draining week, an emotional week, and I for one have never felt such an acute ache for God's presence to just come and soak through every fiber of my being as I did these past seven days. We... Continue Reading →
Friends, we are called as disciples to "preach the Word" and be "ready in season and out of season", when the circumstances are for us and when they are against us. We are told to "convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching" (2 Timothy 4:2). Why? Because "the time will come when people will not endure sound... Continue Reading →
Into the Foolishness of God 