One of the most misused, misunderstood, and confusing words in our language today is the word “love”. We use this word every day: “I love your outfit,” “I love this weather!” When I was six years old I watched a movie called The Love Bug.” When I was 16 years old I watched a TV…
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Lessons and studies from the Bible
Don’t Be a Dead Sea Christian
The Dead Sea is a salt lake bordered by Israel and Jordan whose shore and surface level is 1412 feet below sea level, our planet’s lowest elevation on land. It’s nearly 10 times as salty as the ocean. The Jordan River is the only major water source flowing into the Dead Sea, and, get this,…
Read MoreGrowing Through Giving
As we continue our look at discipleship and how, as believers, we can grow in our walk with God, we come now to one of those topics that always tends to be a sensitive subject: the importance of giving. See, I told you it was sensitive. Some who are reading this have already gone on…
Read MoreTogether We Stand…
Wow! It’s been a long break between my blog posts, but with the holidays and my work schedule, well, the break was necessary. We’ve been looking since October at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. That word, disciple, means a learner, a follower, someone who is committed to Jesus. I want…
Read MoreLivin’ On A Prayer
One of my earliest memories is of being tucked into bed by my mom and her listening to me as I said my prayers: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. God…
Read MoreThe Bible in Your Quiet Time
When our kids were little we made a stop at a local chain fast-food restaurant. Our kids liked the place, but the problem was that the last two times we had been there one of my children had ordered a hamburger with no onions, and each of those two times they got a hamburger with…
Read MoreIt’s About Time
When I was a kid, any time my parents needed gas in their car they would pull up to a gas station and a guy would come out and ask, “Fill ‘er up?” If my folks wanted him to fill the gas tank they’d say “yes,” but most of the time they’d say something like…
Read MoreLearning to Float Upriver
A few years ago our family was in Jamaica, and one of the fun things we did there was to ride tire inner tubes down a lazy river. Basically, we all got in line on a little dock, and when it was my turn, the guide turned me around to face him with my back…
Read MoreTime for a Check-Up
Several years ago I wanted an authentic, working black candlestick phone. I wanted a phone just like Andy Griffith used, but his didn’t have a dial on it, that’s why he had to call Sarah, the operator. I wanted one I could actually use. I found new plastic replicas at lots of places, but they…
Read MoreThe Old You vs. The New You
We’re still talking about the topic of discipleship and growing in our walk with God. Spiritual growth isn’t automatic, it’s a process. Many of us who are believers find ourselves in this position: We’ve accepted God’s forgiveness. We believe that Jesus paid our penalty by dying on the cross, and we believe that he rose…
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