The joy in coming into agreement with God's Word and will
"It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." WC Fields Conservative. Liberal. Classical liberal. Evangelical. I was reading a comment thread where people were arguing the virtues and vices of all these labels we take on or give out. On and on it went, everyone arguing in circles about "what does it... Continue Reading →
A little reminder that God can do crazy things when we stop being Negative Nancy's... I just love this little excerpt from AW Tozer on how the Lord doesn't necessarily need us, but oh how He wants us to join up with Him in miraculous works! Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great... Continue Reading →
"That terrible zone of confusion so evident in the whole life of the Christian community could be cleared up in one day if the followers of Christ would begin to follow Christ instead of each other. For our Lord was very plain in His teaching about the believer and the world." AW Tozer I came across... Continue Reading →
"People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline... Continue Reading →
A quick note on the heart of this post; we all have our proverbial "hills" we are willing to die on. This new-wave feminism that holds such deep contempt for the sanctity of life is mine. I don't write this to chastise or condemn. I write it because underneath all the fancy arguments and hashtags,... Continue Reading →
"Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." John 4:15 A friend sent me a book last week called Sipping Saltwater by Steve Hoppe, and I wanted to share a bit about it on here today. The title intrigued me a lot. If you've been to the ocean,... Continue Reading →
"Much of Christianity is trying to make things fit logically that do not match what you are seeing in front of your face." Well now aint' that the truth. This is a quote that could come from a pastor or a seeker, a well-seasoned Bible professor or a disillusioned young person. It's actually a comment... Continue Reading →
I noticed on 'the Twitter' today that "world mental health day" is trending. For those less inclined to serious topics, it's also "national handbag day", so take your pick. A day for literally everything, because someone started a hashtag. It's fascinating. I'm all for a mental health day though, the world feels positively apocalyptic lately.... Continue Reading →
"...that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life." Philippians 2:15-16 As we prepare to send the kids back to another school year and prepare for the changing... Continue Reading →
"But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life!—even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action." James 1:25 (The Message) Catching a glimpse of the revealed... Continue Reading →
Into the Foolishness of God 