Bible, discipline, Exodus, faith, God, Joshua, Numbers, obedience, sin, Uncategorized
There are mostly two kinds of people in this world: the kind that think God is always for them and the kind that think God is always against them. I’ve met very few inbetweeners. But the thing is it’s only the inbetweeners – those who don’t...
believe, Bible, Father, God, Jesus, Mark, obedience, prayer, sin
I’m thinking of starting a series called, “Stuff Jesus Did that We Label Sin but Shouldn’t Because Jesus Did that Stuff”. (It’s a working title.) As I read through the gospels, I see a lot of things that fall into this category. I am...
Bible, fear, God, grace, Jesus, Mark Driscoll, Matthew, mercy, Romans, sin
My heart fell as I watched this pastor whom I’ve never heard preach, whom I’ve never met personally, whose books I’ve never read, and whose church I’ve never set foot in tearfully apologize to his congregation for, in his own words, choices he...
2 Corinthians, anger, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, God, Jesus, John, sin
One of the stories in the gospels that intrigues me is when Jesus got so ticked off He started turning over tables like a mad man. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep...
anxiety, believe, Bible, fear, God, Jonah, obedience, pain, sin, spiritual growth, trust
“Sometimes it feels like I am being swallowed whole. Like this life is too much. Like I am too much.” I said that to God. And a truth popped into my head almost instantly: there is someone who knows what that feels like. Jonah was literally swallowed...
1 Chronicles, 1 Peter, 2 Samuel, believe, Bible, Colossians, Deuteronomy, evangelism, faith, God, grace, Heaven, Jesus, Nehemiah, Psalms, Revelation, Romans, sin, testimony
A concept that fascinates me in the scriptures is the idea that God chooses people. In the Old Testament, He chose a lot of individuals to do a lot of different things (2 Samuel 6:21, 1 Chronicles 15:2, Nehemiah 9:7), but, overall, He chose the nation of Israel to be...
