believe, David Crowder, faith, God, growing, hope, Isaiah, love, prayer, Romans, trials, truth
This blog focuses on tying the Bible together with real life. And real life, as you may have noticed, is full of struggle, discontent, and confusion. That being the case, most of the posts you read here address the undesirable effects of being human. I try to make...
David Crowder, God, Isaiah, KLOVE, self worth, significance
Thursday night David Crowder played a free acoustic show in Memphis. And I went. And it was fabulous, as he always is. I’ve seen him several times, but this time I was with a friend who knew the head of security at the venue. And that friend graciously hooked...
believe, Bible, blessings, Exodus, faith, Genesis, God
On Sunday our pastor preached on Genesis 12. Verse 1 reads, “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.'” (The previous Thursday I taught on the same passage. ...
believe, Bible, faith, God, Matthew, Proverbs, trials
Last week I was wracking my brain, trying to solve a problem. Fix. Win. End. A problem. And in so doing, I communicated with several friends about the problem. My friends have been a vital part of my sorting out the problem. I owe them a debt of gratitude for...
Bible, Ephesians, Genesis, God, obedience, trials
This semester I am teaching something called Chronological Bible Discipleship. As you might infer, we’re going through the Bible chronologically in order to better understand the Bible as ONE story, not 66 independent books. All that to say, we spent some time...
believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, God, Heaven, Jesus, John, sin, truth
Christianity is often distinguished from all other religions because it is the only religion (except maybe universalism, which says everyone goes to Heaven no matter what) that is not works-based. While the other world religions require men to be good – to do...