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...
Bible, God, growing, Jesus, Mark, obedience, spiritual growth
Do you wish God would talk to you more often? I mean really speak to you, Spirit to spirit, communicating clearly with you even though it may be inaudible to the human ear? Are you tired of never knowing what God wants you to do? Are you bored with the Bible and often...
2 Corinthians, Bible, God, Jesus, Kingdom Vision, Romans, sin
There is a rumor going around in the hearts and minds of a lot of us that God can’t and won’t use us to positively change the world until we are better. “Better” is different for all of us. Your “better” is directly related to your...
believe, Bible, Jesus, Luke, Mark
Have you ever been amazingly disappointed in someone? Jesus has. He spent 30 years, give or take, in the same place: Nazareth. His neighbors and family knew him as Mary and Joseph’s boy – nice, stayed out of trouble, not much of a looker. Per the culture,...
