Nov 21A Bizarre Prayer From JesusJust this morning I read a heartbreaking thread from a young woman on Twitter who has decided that prayer is pointless and she has stopped praying as a result. Not cut back. Stopped. Completely. Several others chimed in with some form of, “Yeah, me too. Gave up praying years ago.” …Humility3 min readHumility3 min read
Nov 14In God’s ShadowIn 1995, a killdeer had a nest of offspring on the back side of a bump-stop in the parking lot of Wall Data where I was working. Why the nest was in that spot rather than someplace safer, I have no idea. …Safety4 min readSafety4 min read
Nov 7God’s Tear BottleI shared with you not so long ago, a sermon point I made when speaking before my home church family that “Life is Pain.” It’s not a happy point to make, and we did ultimately turn it to a good thing. There are times when life’s sorrows are so overwhelming…Sorrow4 min readSorrow4 min read
Oct 31Living in the Real World“Oh, get real, will ya?” Such is the retort one might hear when others believe we are living in a fantasy world, or are not seeing things in life as they really are. “You need to start living in ‘the real world.’” I have seen similar statements made against those…Real World3 min readReal World3 min read
Oct 24It’s the Eternal ViewSometimes the Bible says things that leave us scratching our heads and asking, “Huh? How can this be?” The record of Abraham’s passing is just such a passage. Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to…Long View Living3 min readLong View Living3 min read
Oct 17God, Do You Even Care?I preached a sermon recently as part of a team preaching through 1 Peter. The second point of that sermon was, “Life is Pain.” That’s just a fact. Life is pain. Peter jumps with both feet directly into that reality. Jesus modeled a life of prayer for us. The apostle…Gods Care6 min readGods Care6 min read
Oct 10Boldness Before the PerishingMany years ago, I arched more than a few eyebrows (no surprise) when I preached a sermon that didn’t just hint at or suggest, but outright stated that there is something we can do to hasten the return of Jesus. To some, the audacity of such an idea was borderline…Evangelism4 min readEvangelism4 min read
Sep 26Immanuel — God With UsI have a vivid recollection of the first time it hit me that Jesus is God. It was a profoundly shocking realization. I can recall being at the university, the time of day, the weather outside the window, and the exact classroom and seat in which I was sitting. To…Incarnation8 min readIncarnation8 min read
Sep 12Eat, Drink, and Be MerryAt one point in my software development career, a firm hired me to handle a broad range of IT activities for their accounting department. I was immersed in a sea of activities and terminologies that I did not understand. To wrap my mind around my new environment and responsibilities, I…Wealth5 min readWealth5 min read
Sep 5“The Spirit Expressly Says…”Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. – 1 Timothy 4:1, ESV I am intrigued by the adverbial modifier ῥητῶς in this verse — “expressly.” It would have seemed sufficient to say…Apostasy3 min readApostasy3 min read
