1 Corinthians, love, marriage
Love is not impatient. Love is not mean. Love is content. It is modest. It is humbly confident. It honors others. It is selfless. It is extraordinarily calm. It lets go of offenses. Love delights in goodness but mourns over falsity. It never endangers, never suspects,...
God, growing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Luke, meaning of life, spiritual growth
Any given day, I’m concerned about a lot of things. Most of those things are trivial, as those of you who follow me on Twitter can attest to. (I’m just trying to expose you to quality music, entertain you with funny things my kids say, and wow you with...
Bible, God, Hosea, Jesus, John, Psalms
I heard a phrase on the radio the other day I can’t get out of my head – orphaned souls. K-Love was plugging an organization that gives shoes to orphans, and they call their benefactors orphan souls. But the DJ on the radio kept saying orphaned souls, and...
Bible, forgiveness, God, Gospel, grace, Heaven, Jesus, Judas, Matthew
Today is Good Friday, the day Christians mark the anniversary of Jesus’ crucifixion. To focus my heart on the event, I cracked open Matthew 27 to read about the details. I got 5 verses in and stopped to ponder Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish...
Acts, Bible, God, growing, Holy Spirit, spiritual growth
Last Sunday our pastor talked about the Holy Spirit as a Comforter. Matt used the illustration of our children having comfort objects – blankets, stuffed animals, etc. – they can’t get to sleep without. For whatever reason, these raggedy objects calm...
