In Paul’s letter to the Jesus people in Rome he says, “I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you – that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Think about this… When, and how, did Paul get his […]

I did not see that coming! ::: In Deuteronomy God is talking about tithing (which is to be expected), and then He says, “Bring your tithe money to the place of God’s choosing, and spend the money on whatever you desire – choice cuts of steak, or succulent lamb shanks, or wine, or strong drink […]

When you look at Jesus of Nazareth, what do you see? Well, for starters, He’s from Nazareth! Nazareth is nasty. Everyone knows not to buy real estate in Nazareth! You’ll be borrowing at 9.5% with no fixed rate, and you’d be putting down roots in the most dangerous region of the country. And that’s sugar-coating […]

“Well, I’m damned,” said the Ghost. “I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a fair knockout. It isn’t right, Len, you know. What about poor Jack, eh? You look pretty pleased with yourself, but what I say is, What about poor Jack?” “He is here,” said the other. “You will meet him soon, if you stay.” […]

If you’ve never read “The Great Divorce” by CS Lewis, you should! Do it now! Seriously. It’s stupendous. After you read it, give me a call and let’s chat about it. And while you’re reading it, ask yourself, “Which character resembles me?” Here is my favorite scene in the book… I do not know that […]

After thoroughly test’n & mess’n with his brothers in order to discern whether or not he could trust some of them, Joseph decides that he can trust Judah! (because Judah had HIT ROCK BOTTOM AND BENEFITED FROM THE BLESSING OF SCANDALOUS EXPOSURE [see Genesis 38:24-26, and see John 4:29]). Then Joseph stops deceiving his brothers, […]

My buddy Big Reggie sent this to me today – – – >

I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. – Jesus of Nazareth Genesis 42 —> Joe knows something that his brothers don’t know …Joe knows that he is Joe, but they don’t know. Keep your identity secret! Is this lying? Maybe. Joe […]

We know that people are meant to embrace the joy and freedom of meeting a Man who will completely expose all the stuff they’re trying to hide (see John 4:29). And oftentimes we know of specific – shameful – things in people’s lives that most definitely need to be seen and sorted by THE JUDGE […]

On Monday Drew Harris (VP of development at rts) told me about the movie “Wildcat” (a film about Flannery O’ Connor). I got excited about this movie. Prior to watching this motion picture I determined to re-listen to a dozen of Flannery’s short stories. In the course of contemplating Flannery’s stories I came across an […]