I have an addiction to self-righteousness. I am a recovering pharisee. God declares me “Not condemned!”, and yet like Satan I contend with God’s Word and endeavor to prosecute – without hesitation launching into my opening argument, “Did God really say?” How arrogant is that!? If God sez, “Not guilty” who am I to argue […]
I was recently reminded of Martin Luther’s preface to his commentary on Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia. A primary part of being a steward of the mysteries of God (1 Cor. 4:1) is joyfully coming to grips with the fact that we will never completely understand the FREE – utterly unmerited – imputed […]
Yesterday I studied the Bible with a man who doesn’t (physically) look like me. We are both of the same race (the human race), but our ethnicity is different. Also, our life experiences and cultures are a bit different. As we talked about what we see God saying to us in Scripture – our interpretations […]
It was this past Wednesday around 10a. We were at Marlin’s house. Keith, Jason, Marlin, and myself. We were reading Hebrews chapter 4 together and discussing what God says to us about entering His rest/trusting Him. Later that same day I listened to what Wendell and Eugene had to say about what God has to […]
How are we supposed to feel about the people we love, who are not interested in personally repenting and relying entirely on Jesus (like the woman in Mark 14:3ff)? How are we supposed to react to the people we care about, who say, “I don’t need to read the Bible or regularly examine myself as […]
Is it too early for New Year’s Resolutions? Just hear me out… Back in 1989 Eugene wrote a book called Answering God: The Psalms As Tools For Prayer (published by Harper Collins). In 2016 Margie read that book by Eugene. Here’s what Margie said about it: This little book reached down into the seat of […]
A gal named Karen recently asked me, “How can my community being praying for East CLT Pres.?” Here is what I told her: Please pray that the entire flock of ECPC would SAVOR Jesus (and – as God has designed it – that the Elders and Deacons would set the pace and posture of our […]
The following is taken directly from Critique 2016 Issue #5 At the 2016 Rochester L’Abri Conference Andrew Fellows identified what he called Five Key Questions of the Heart – – – > 5 QUESTIONS OF THE HEART …A PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT EACH & EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET IS EMBARKED ON OVER THE COURSE […]
Someone recently reminded me that advocacy is a big deal to God [1 Jn. 2:1; Prov. 31:8-9; Heb. 8:1-2]. As in all things, there are good ways to go about advocating, and there are bad ways to go about it. The bad versions of advocacy are those efforts founded upon, and fueled by arrogance, anger, […]
Me: Approximately a year ago or so Mike & Courtney introduced me to The Rabbit Room Podcast. I listened and liked. If you travel to JH Gunn Elementary School on Sunday morning, as soon as you walk through the main entrance if you look approx. 25 paces in front of you and to the left […]