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…
Read MoreDon’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 MoreWhat’s That About Spiritual Gifts?
Here we are near the middle of December, and many of us are spending a lot of time thinking about one subject: gifts! Yes, I know this is a Christian blog and the one subject we should be focused on is the birth of Jesus, but let’s face it, at this point in the Christmas…
Read MoreTo Serve Man
Several years ago, my kids discovered one of my favorite TV shows from childhood, “The Twilight Zone.” A few times a year a certain cable channel would hold a Twilight Zone marathon, so the kids watched lots of episodes with me. One of my favorite episodes is called “To Serve Man.” In this episode, aliens…
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 MoreYour Daily Quiet Time
This is probably one of the most practical posts I’ve written – not that I’ve written that many posts. We’re still in a long look at discipleship, and one of those “disciplines” that we need in our lives in order to grow as “disciples” is a daily quiet time with God. We’ve also defined a…
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…
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