Devotional
These are things the Lord is teaching me through His Word.
You don't always have to tell the truth!
Jesus was with the Pharisees in John 8 and gave us some unbelievable truths and principles in this passage about how to decide if we go about executing judgement upon sinners. Read more »
What am I doing here?
Why are there a bunch of 2-year old blog entries showing up on my site? Well, I'm trying to re-engergize my efforts to write and blog so I've setup this Drupal site as a place for me to begin writing again. And so I've started the process by copying old articles I wrote over two years ago from another technology (Plone-based CMS) to this site so I can eventually ditch the older Plone-based site.
So bear with me. I hope to have newer content on here soon as soon as I get the remaining articles migrated over to this site.
What do you do with a fruitless fruit tree?
Luke 13:1-9 gives us a sobering yet hopeful reminder of what will happen with fruit trees that don't bear any fruit. Read more »
What are you looking at?
In Luke 11:33-36, Jesus describes a key component to living a radiant and fruitful life. It all starts with what we are looking at... Read more »
Who could be happier than Mary, the mother of the Messiah?
In Luke 11:27 - 28 Jesus tells who is happier than His own mother? Let's look... Read more »
If you want to be a true follower of Christ...
Jesus tells us precisely what it takes to follow Him in Luke 9:23-26. It's not exactly a popular message. Let's take a look. Read more »
Key to steadily producing a huge harvest
n the year of fruit bearing, our church's focus in 2009, Luke 8 gives us a key to steadily producing a huge harvest. Let's look at this in detail... Read more »
Are you willing to listen to Jesus?
Reading Luke 6:27 - 49 today I'm blown away by the approach Jesus asks his disciples to take with those who hate and persecute them. Now let's make it personal. How do I treat those who hate or dislike me? Read more »
Really? How dangerous can one word be?
Genesis 3 gives us insight into how the first sin was committed by humans. It all starts with one six letter word. No, really! Read more »
How to guarantee success in 2009
Psalms 1 gives us a simple yet perfect recipe to ensure all you put your hand to will succeed. Boy, we need a bit of that given the terrible state of our country (economy and morals) at the conclusion of 2008. Read more »
The quest for true wisdom...
Man searches so hard for meaning. He searches so hard for gain. Yet he never finds true gain, true meaning, true wisdom until he finds the Lord. Read more »
What secret sin are you doing causing your church to suffer?
Joshua 7 gives us a sobering reminder that our secret sins have effects upon our family, our extended families, our churches, and maybe even the entire body of Christ. Let's look at the sin of Achan and see what his sin did to the nation of Israel. Read more »
Can people tell you have been with Jesus?
The apostles have been empowered by the Holy Spirit after the Lord Jesus ascends into heaven. They speak with boldness as the religious leaders try to stop the start of the first church. The leaders are unable to stop what God has started and notice that these untrained apostles speak with such conviction and passion. Read more »
Changing God's mind
Deuteronomy 9 gives us insights to what kind of man Moses was. Moses had a tough job as leader of a stubborn nation. On several occasions, God was ready to destroy Israel for their sin, but through Moses' tremendous acts of intercession and pleading, he actually changes the mind of God. Read more »
Blessing the heart of God
Deuteronomy chapter 5 gives us a little insight to what truly blesses the heart of God. Let's take a look and see what Israel did to please the Lord. Read more »
Be joyful when the Lord disciplines you!
We get a good reminder from the book of Job that the Lord, when he disciplines us for sinning, He does it in a way to correct us, but not permanently wound us. Read more »
Uh oh -- consistency problem in the Scriptures?
Verses 20 through 22 in Numbers 22 have caused quite a stir over the years about the reliability of God's Word. Let's look at the problems and then try to get to the bottom of this and see if there is a reasonable explanation. Read more »
Do you really believe you can move mountains?
We've all heard the expression "faith to move mountains." It comes from the passage in Matthew 21:17-22 where Jesus tells the disciples about the effects of true faith in prayer. Read more »
Obedience is as much about when as it is about what
Numbers 13-14 gives us a sobering reminder that "when" we obey God is as important as "what" we do in obeying God. An entire generation of the nation of Israel died in the wilderness because they refused to believe God and obey Him immediately. Read more »
Forgive the idiots!
Jesus teaches us an extremely important principle. We've been forgiven so much we must forgive those who are idiots to us. Read more »
