With the rising sun it is bravado I display,While under the resting moon as a small child I lay.Bravery, bravery, why are you hidden today?Testify, as to myself my own heart does betray.So forlorn as my rescue is so long in delay.Oh, the affable Father is molding me like clay! Isaiah 64:8 “Yet LORD, You…
A good axiom about prayer for the majority of us is that if we don’t have triggers to keep us on target our minds tend to wander. This certainly is not categorically true, but I think it is mostly true of most people when they pray most of the time. 🙂 For that reason it…
Ever wonder how if God being holy is such an alien idea then why does he call us to be holy? Isn’t that a difficult prospect! God: Be holy as I am holy. Me: Yeah, only I don’t know what that is! Remember? Well, if that conversation is yours – as it is mine. Here…
When we say God is holy we struggle with what holy means. We define terms intensively and ostensively. Ostensively we point to examples of a thing to define it through these examples. For example, when talking to a child or someone who speaks a different language we can point to the color red as we…
Nine years after 9/11 and it might as well have been yesterday considering all the emotional turmoil that has been blown into the atmosphere by the political-religious implications of both a mosque being built near the site of the attacks as well as a pastor from Florida wanting to burn the Quran today as some…
In celebration of the Superbowl Champs kicking the season off against the Minnesota Vikings I would like to differ to the picture below, which the vikings posted on their website before the end of the NFC championship game. Thank you for such good memories Vikings!
I saw this hilarious video (not funny to #20). And what did I think when I say this video? I thought, “Boy, that sure looks like me and the carrying of the Gospel message.” Too harsh? I don’t think so. Just like the football has been passed to this tailback, so the Gospel has been…
Enjoy Katrina Day with this lovely local’s song with a nice montage of pictures that remind us of the beauty of the city beneath the sea.
I finished the last post by asking how does knowing specific reasons behind why God leads Christians down a path of suffering help us survive. This is not just an academic question. In many ways, a question like this helps give depth and understanding to the Christian life. For some, the answer results in turning…
Ever been in the place where you feel that if Jesus were standing in front of you that you would pinch his cheeks? For example – Jesus: Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And…