Two Books That Might Change Your Faith
As I was preparing for the message that I'm going to give at South Fellowship Church on Sunday, I was reminded of two books that have made a HUGE difference in my life. These are [...]
New Song – Good Good Father
I love this song so much! I've been meaning to add it to our "new song blog" for a while. It isn't quite new to us anymore but I still feel the need to give [...]
Connecting the Dots…
“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” Muriel Rukeyser, The Speed of Darkness I’ve always been fascinated by good stories. My favorite assignments in school required decoding a text’s [...]
Are We There Yet? | Philippians 3:12-21
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and [...]
Cheerful Generosity
A few years ago, I attended a series of workshops that encouraged self reflection. In one exercise, we wrote two lists: items we needed to do and items we wanted to do. We thought [...]
Man! What a Character!
In a previous post it was pointed out that that the original man, Adam, was created in the image of God with the essential abilities and qualities of character (to be), comprehension (to know), competence [...]
Participating By Entering In
First this: God created the Heavens and the Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, and inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above [...]
Gone Barry, gone
Today I saw an article posted on espn.com that said the San Fransisco Giants took down all of the pictures, plaques for the records, and basically every memory of Barry Bonds - because of the [...]
Caesar’s House | Philippians 4:21-23
Often when we approach a certain place or a situation, we have an idea of what we expect to find there...
Freedom Infusion | John 8:31-36
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are [...]
God is Present! | Psalm 46:6-7
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah. Psalm 46:6-7 We’re living in a [...]
Freedom in Covenant | Matthew 5:31-32
It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her [...]
